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[acaseofyou]

they say that death is a tragedy it comes once, and it's over

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[noreasonneeded]

Don't worry, not all the mystery has gone. I still can't entirely understand your love for small umbrellas.

I promise if I pull on them to never steer you into any doors.

[acaseofyou]

Maybe it's because I can keep them around for a rainy day.

How kind of you. Where would you steer me instead? Windows? Or up to the roof again?

[noreasonneeded]

To dance with I assume, since they wouldn't block much rain except perhaps from a glass's rim.

I do like rooftops. Suppose I'm not unlike the crows or a cat in that. I like the view. Windows though require less climbing.

[acaseofyou]

It's be a very interpretive kind of dance. Avante garde and everything.

Well, you've never yanked anything out of my hair yet or scratched me, so you've got more points with me than crows or cats. The views are pretty good up there. The company can't be beat, either, but I figure I can get that at windows just as easy.

[noreasonneeded]

That sounds like your sort of dance. A quirky version of that Gene Kelly version.

That’s right, you did imply that some animals don’t take kindly to vampires. Their loss, honestly. At least when it comes to your company. Windows are probably preferable if it’s poor weather outside, but given my room’s a converted attic, the airflow isn’t the best without the window open.

[acaseofyou]

Maybe I could do the whole routine with a tiny little umbrella, go into comedy.

It really is, though I'm happy to pal around with snakes and spiders and creepy crawlies that don't have those hangups. If it's your window we're at, then, we can just keep it open. Remember, I've got umbrellas by the dozen. We'll be fine if it rains.

[noreasonneeded]

You could then use the word 'schtick' in conversation with full meaning.

Do you have any other collections aside from umbrellas and record albums?

[acaseofyou]

Is that really the kind of power you want me to have over a conversation?

Notebooks. There's a couple boxes of them I have to keep in storage, but I'm always filling them up. Almost like journals, if journals were mostly song ideas.

[noreasonneeded]

Eventually I'd have to distract you with some sheet music, or a pillow.

As long as you can read your own handwriting later on, I get that.

[acaseofyou]

Both are equally as effective.

Yeah, I can figure most of them out. The things I can't are usually just... References to stuff I've forgotten about over the years. That's why I keep them around.

[noreasonneeded]

Who says they can’t both exist at the same time, either? A pillow with music stitched onto it.

They always say anyway that you can’t miss what you don’t remember. I think it’s true in some situations. Perhaps not all.

[acaseofyou]

Now you're talking! That's be a great pillow, too, depending on the song stitched to it.

Sometimes I do remember them after a while. I figure time and a bunch of other memories, some just get a little buried. Not lost.

[noreasonneeded]

”Dream Angus” or something else sleep themed?

That makes sense. Besides, it doesn’t pay to wonder what is or isn’t missed if it can’t be found, anyway.

[acaseofyou]

Could always make it something really appropriate, like a lullaby. Or very inappropriate, like that goes 'wake me up' a lot in the chorus.

Very true. Though I do worry sometimes that I'll miss something important the longer I go on.

[noreasonneeded]

I suppose it depends which you'd rather lay your head upon.

It might be more a case of what is important shifts as time goes on.

[acaseofyou]

The first one, I think. Feels poetically appropriate. Though the other one is good for a joke.

Yeah, probably. I'd hate to forget you, though.

[noreasonneeded]

No reason both can't exist, even if the lullaby comes first.

I don't plan on going anywhere for a long time, Birdie. And I'm extremely memorable to the point of annoyance I'm told. You won't be able to get me out of mind anytime soon. Just when you think you're no longer exasperated over something I've done, you'll get something in the mail to remind you.

[acaseofyou]

Should I be expecting pillows as presents instead of umbrellas at some point?

Oh yeah? Little notes about CEOs you've toppled and politicians you've shamed maybe? I look forward to it, whatever it is.

[noreasonneeded]

I’m just keeping my options open. Neither confirming nor denying.

I know you’d at least appreciate those stories. And likewise, I look forward to hearing about all the protest songs to come. Maybe a demo here or there.

[acaseofyou]

Of course. Wouldn't want to spoil anything.

I'll be sure to keep you up to date on them, send you old fashioned mixtapes of all the highlights.

[noreasonneeded]

I can't give away all my secrets. Especially since you said you like surprises.

I'll have Wylan build me something that can play a tape on if I can't find a tape player.

[acaseofyou]

I do, in fact. I look forward to being surprised by you however you please.

Bet in a few years they'll be back in fashion as being really retro and cool and you can pick one up at a mall.

[noreasonneeded]

I don't like surprises, but I like surprising others.

Malls have too many people, I'll order it online. Although maybe they're not crowded these days.

[acaseofyou]

Glad I only ever surprise you with forewarned jerky deliveries, then. Other than that, feels like we're pretty complementary in that regard.

Oh, I have no idea. I'm never awake early enough to make time for wandering a towering capitalist monolith, and I hear the over-80 crowd only goes in the mornings for power walks.

[noreasonneeded]

I'd say so. It's not like looking in a mirror, but our differences don't put us at the wrong odds.

I think online shopping has dulled some of the craze, but probably not all of it.