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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 9, 2024 9:14:57 GMT
Sterling chuckled as he looked at Aven, "Alright sounds like a plan then!" Sterling said as he looked at Aven eating breakfast with him before putting things up so they could go hike on some of the trails.
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Post by seren on Jul 9, 2024 9:40:33 GMT
Aven finishes up quick, tossing his dish in with the rest when done. Aspen is more polite, carefully picking hers up with her mouth and waiting for Sterling to take it. Once things are packed up, Aven confidently sets off in a seemingly random direction. "This way has a good view - once you get far enough."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 9, 2024 10:05:11 GMT
Sterling smiled as he took the dish from Aspen and pet her on her head before getting up to walk with Aven to go check out the view they were speaking of. "Sounds good, lets go then. It's always nice to go for a hike after having a meal, helps the food digest." Sterling said as he looked at Aven following along calmly.
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Post by seren on Jul 9, 2024 11:08:44 GMT
"That it does." Aven's father used to work a while after every meal, no matter how late - but that's a different story. And one Aven's not keen on telling quite yet. For now, he leads the way up the path. It's a rather hilly area, but the end result is well worth it - he thinks, anyways. It's a path that he likes taking himself, when he has the time. Up and around the lake - and this time of year, it should be a pretty solitary path.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 9, 2024 20:21:36 GMT
Sterling walked along with Aven and smiled as he looked at the view from atop the hill finding it breathtaking. "It's so nice out here, I'll definitely have to come out here each weekend and enjoy camping here from now on." Sterling said with a smile and sighed feeling calm and at peace as he relaxed at the top of the hill for a bit before he started to walk towards the lake wanting to look around it.
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Post by seren on Jul 10, 2024 2:29:49 GMT
"It's pretty good yeah." As soon as the group reaches the top of the hill, Aven finds a rock to sit on to observe, leg swinging. "There's good reason why I've settled here for so long."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 10, 2024 22:20:03 GMT
"Oh? What might that be, I can't imagine its merely because of the view from this area alone." Sterling said as he looked at Aven calmly and checked out the lake finding the water so clear and beautiful.
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Post by seren on Jul 11, 2024 14:33:00 GMT
"I like it." The response is simple and true, but doesn't contain all the facts. That it's the first place that he could really call home after what happened to him. That it reminds him of where he grew up, without being too close. That he can choose how to interact with others. But that, in his opinion, isn't any of Sterling's business. Not yet.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 11, 2024 20:06:26 GMT
"I must say this place really is beautiful though. I can understand why you live here. If it wasn't for my jobs I would live out in nature like this." Sterling said as he looked at Aven and smiled taking his shoes off to soak his feet in the lake and sighed relaxing as he sat down. As he did he felt little fish nipping at his toes making him chuckle as it tickled, on top of the fact he found the little guys cute.
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Post by seren on Jul 12, 2024 17:50:54 GMT
"You're that attached to your work?" Aven can understand that... but he's not gonna say it. No way, no how. "Least with the tech stuff... isn't that all mobile and stuff nowadays?"
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 13, 2024 7:00:16 GMT
"Well it can be, though I do it from home, I don't tend to go out during the weekdays as it just feels like a hassle to me." Sterling stated as he looked at Aven and sat there calmly and smiled feeling at peace out in nature.
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Post by seren on Jul 13, 2024 21:53:08 GMT
"So why not stay somewhere further out? There's a small town nearby here," he points out. "Sure, it'd make the floral thing a lot harder... but it'd still be doable."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 14, 2024 23:41:17 GMT
"True, but where I live now is very affordable and hard to come by. The rent and utilities are within my price range." Sterling said as he looked at Aven not even sure if he understood the words he just spoke about rent or being affordable or anything about price ranges and utilities.
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Post by seren on Jul 14, 2024 23:54:23 GMT
...well, he kinda understands. "Ugh, the downsides of modern society. Part of why I never bothered." He rolls his eyes. "Needing to worry about all that nonsense... it distracts from everything else."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 15, 2024 0:43:46 GMT
"That's true, but with modern society also comes modern advances that makes like more enjoyable and convenient." Sterling stated as he looked at Aven and cleared his throat looking at him calmly.
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