[Voice / Action]

[digger]

...If you wanted to share some kind of message with a younger version of yourself, what would you say?

[Simon's in the plaza today, hanging out by the fountain and pondering his journal. At some point he might be scribbling out a note on a loose sheet of paper.]

Comments

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

So maybe some good encouragement would be to tell your younger self not to forget to laugh as they grow up.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

Yeah! And adults also say 'no' a lot more, they don't want to believe in anything anymore.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say that. Plenty of adults that I know believe in lots of things for their whole lives.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

That's good! You have to believe, especially in yourself, na?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Right. That's the most important thing you need to believe in.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

Are you going to write that to yourself, mister?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

It's a good place to start.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

What about some of your favorite memories too? Some people don't have very good memory, and that's important! [Her older self has too much experience in this.]

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about that. Some of the memories I have have to do with things my younger self wouldn't understand right now.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

What would those things be, mister?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Hm... probably nothing he should be sharing with a little girl.]

I've fought a lot of battles, and met a lot of important people over the years. But in order to become who I am now, I lost people, too. It would be hard to explain to a younger me, who hasn't gone through all that.

Re: [Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

[She'll just hunt him down when they're normal.]

I see... What were you like as a kid?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

What was I like...? [Hmmm.] Mostly shy. I was very quiet, and kept to myself a lot. I lacked confidence, so I usually needed someone to give me a push in the right direction.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

Really...? [Thoughtful pause.] So you went through a lot, huh...?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

No more than any other adult, I think. I shouldn't complain.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

So you're happy now?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I'm alright. [It's enough.]

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

Tell yourself to enjoy what he has, no matter how old you are then.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

...I like that. It sums things up pretty well.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

Did I help, mister?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

You did- thank you.

I'm Simon, by the way. Would you mind if I asked for your name?

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

[Yay, she helped!] Not at all; it's Kaori.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Kaori... it's nice to meet you, then. You've helped out a lot.