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[lostpunk]

So there's all sorts of people here, right? Got all kinds of crazy powers and stuff?

[Rufio is sitting in the center of town on the edge of the fountain, munching on an apple he's just nabbed out of the grocers. (The whole imaginary food thing wasn't working out for him so well out of Neverland.) He wishes the store was manned, in a way. There isn't much of a thrill pilfering food this way.]

Which ones of you don't age?

[Because he's realizing that in this place that list isn't going to include him.]

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[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

So why answer?

I've heard stranger questions since I got here.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

Call me curious--Why ask something like that?

[ A laugh. ] I suppose. Doesn't mean your question is any less interesting, though.

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

Maybe because I felt like it?

It can get kind of boring here, you know.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

Fair enough. I wouldn't doubt it if some people here didn't age.

In any case, I hope you're able to find an interesting answer to you question.

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

I don't really care if it's interesting.

I just want to be certain of something.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

Certain of what?

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

Of whether or not I'll age here.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

Ah, so that's it. Does aging really matter, though?

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

It matters to me.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

...Don't want to grow up? Or is it the other way around?

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

No, that's it exactly.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

What's so bad about growing up?

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

How about the part where you get old.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

[ Okay, he can't help but laugh at that. ]

Well, aside from getting old, nothing about you really changes.

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

Are you serious?

I've seen it happen. Everything changes.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

Your world must be pretty different from mine, then.

What changes, exactly? "Everything" isn't very specific.

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

They get more feeble, and that's only the physical part. They get all serious and forget how to have fun. They forget everything good.

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[lastsmoke]

[ He would contradict Rufio on the feeble part--his dad was pretty badass in his old age--but you know. He figures it must be a different worlds thing. ]

Depends on what their definition of fun was in the first place, doesn't it? [ Because if they never knew what fun was, then they couldn't really forget. ]

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

I knew him before. He didn't even remember us!

[Obviously, it's a personal issue.]

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

I'm sure there was a reason other than 'he got older'.

[ He has no idea about the situation, but this is obviously a touchy topic. ]

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

I don't want to grow up, okay?

I don't need to give any more reasons.

[ Voice ]

[lastsmoke]

And there's nothing wrong with that. I was only curious.


In any case, I hope you're able to find an answer to your question.

[ Voice ]

[lostpunk]

Don't know how soon that's coming.

But thanks.