If they are out still there, Discovery-and-AuDy are the oldest divines, the oldest beings in the galaxy. There once was a machine build for labor, but it rode into a sun an eon ago. And you, who started as on a small lumber planet, when the galaxy did not yet knew the the fires they would set, are still there. There is always something new to see. In the Golden Branch, the golden age, you were ancient. What are you now?
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"Well, this is a bad idea," Tim says, hands on his hips as he surveys the mess they’ve made in the cave.
"Nah," Danny replies, twirling his screwdriver in the air in what is probably meant to be an impressive trick to inspire confidence, except he fumbles it and it clangs to the floor loudly, "we good. If a younger version of myself hasn't come forward in time to stop me, how bad can it be?"
"Shouldn't it be the other way round?"
"What?"
"Normally, it's an older version of yourself going backwards in time to stop you, right?"
"Not in my experience."
Danny's grin is impossibly feral and a shiver runs up Tim's spine.
"This is definitely a bad idea."
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Thinking about the KaeyaJeanDiluc friendship where they grew up together and they were CLOSE & sure maybe Jean felt like Diluc & Kaeya were closer since they were brothers & sure maybe Kaeya felt like he had to keep secrets from the two of them bc they would never understand but they were like. A trio! A team!
& then Diluc’s 18th birthday comes around and everything goes to shit and Diluc LEAVES so they’re no longer KaeyaJeanDiluc but just Kaeya & Jean & in some ways Kaeya and Jean get closer because of it but there’s also a pronounced DISTANCE where Jean doesn’t know how to reach Kaeya anymore & Kaeya is even more determined not to tell Jean anything & they both lose themselves in their duties to Mondstadt while also missing Diluc and ALSO, despite everything, offering each other unconditional support
& then Diluc comes BACK & in addition to Kaeya & Jean there’s the shaky reestablishment of Jean & Diluc and Diluc & Kaeya but it’s not THE SAME. they’re no longer KaeyaJeanDiluc; Jean & Kaeya are knights and Diluc will never be a knight again & they all changed while Diluc was away & none of them know how to talk to each other anymore AND YET there’s still an undercurrent of trust!! Not fully, especially between Kaeya & Diluc, but Diluc still calls on Jean during the archon quest, trusting that she will keep their secrets even though as the acting grandmaster she should probably not. Jean says in her about Diluc voiceline that she understands why Diluc hates the knights & is working hard to make them an organization he can trust again. Kaeya covers for Diluc’s darknight hero escapades & fondly reminisces about their childhood in front of him. Diluc invited Kaeya to dinner at the winery & (afaik) never told anyone about Kaeya’s origins. Kaeya tells the traveler that they need to give Jean their full support and planned a birthday party for her. Jean left Kaeya in charge of Mondstadt when she went to the golden apple archipelago! On some level they recognize that their goals still align!! There’s still trust and love there but there’s also this gap between them that none of them know how to cross and I just!!!
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Socks
James never wears matching socks.
It’s not on purpose or anything, he just thinks there are more important things to do in the morning than worrying about his sock choices, and so he pulls on the first pair that he finds and goes about his day.
He doesn’t think about whether anyone notices his odd socks, either.
Until one afternoon as he’s hurrying through the corridor to his first class after sleeping through his alarm, and a voice makes him pause.
“I could give you a detention for not being in class you know.”
James smiles automatically as he turns around.
“And I suppose you have a perfectly good reason for flaunting the rules, Reg?”
“I never flaunt the rules, Potter. If I did, I’d know how to get away with it though.”
James laughs as he shakes his head. “You know I could give you detention too, right? I’m also a prefect.”
Regulus meets his eyes. “You won’t, though.”
“No,” he admits, “I won’t.”
“You’re so predictable.”
“What can I say, I’m a sucker for a pretty face.”
Regulus rolls his eyes at that. “Get to class, Potter.”
James grins. “Yes, sir.”
Regulus glances down briefly. “Your socks are matching today, by the way.”
James glances down at his pair of grey socks. Huh, they are. “Are you impressed?”
“I prefer it when they don’t. It’s more… you.”
A small smile plays across Regulus face before he turns around and disappears down the hall, James watching him the whole time.
And so James continues to never wear matching socks.
But now it’s by choice.
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