natsume listens quietly, eyebrows knitting together as the list goes on and on. a time capsule—it certainly sounds like it, and what an interesting collection of items to put in it. )
...Not really; wood naturally deteriorates underground due to moisture and bugs eating away at IT. If anyTHING, it's surprising that it was some amount of good SHAPE. ( hmmm. ) Memento vivere is the direct opposite of memento mori—"remember you must LIVE". I suppose it's a fitting choice of words for people moving on: you can't stay HERE.
( so why would anyone?
except it's hard to give up and move on from people you've laughed beside, you've loved, you've struggled over nights with. impossible for some people, and the thought of moving on—of taking that next step—can be terrifying, in its own way. the unknown is scary to people because it's the unknown.
haruka hasn't seen her older brother since he left. he could have been reincarnated, a different face now, and returned here dozens of times, but she wouldn't have known him on sight, and he wouldn't have known her because he wouldn't see her. who knows what happens, actually? they say reincarnation—they hope—but...
...he has to hope, too. natsume pushes the spiraling thought aside, breaking his cookie in half, and then one of those halves into a quarter. )
I wonder what the point of making a time capsule is when you won't be able to open IT. If it's solely for helping to keep Kazuki-san bound to this place TOO, does it need the iTEMS? Though he's always sounded fond of his students when he talked about them to ME... Perhaps they're mementos from THEM, or from people he was close to that gifted him something to remember them BY.
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natsume listens quietly, eyebrows knitting together as the list goes on and on. a time capsule—it certainly sounds like it, and what an interesting collection of items to put in it. )
...Not really; wood naturally deteriorates underground due to moisture and bugs eating away at IT. If anyTHING, it's surprising that it was some amount of good SHAPE. ( hmmm. ) Memento vivere is the direct opposite of memento mori—"remember you must LIVE". I suppose it's a fitting choice of words for people moving on: you can't stay HERE.
( so why would anyone?
except it's hard to give up and move on from people you've laughed beside, you've loved, you've struggled over nights with. impossible for some people, and the thought of moving on—of taking that next step—can be terrifying, in its own way. the unknown is scary to people because it's the unknown.
haruka hasn't seen her older brother since he left. he could have been reincarnated, a different face now, and returned here dozens of times, but she wouldn't have known him on sight, and he wouldn't have known her because he wouldn't see her. who knows what happens, actually? they say reincarnation—they hope—but...
...he has to hope, too. natsume pushes the spiraling thought aside, breaking his cookie in half, and then one of those halves into a quarter. )
I wonder what the point of making a time capsule is when you won't be able to open IT. If it's solely for helping to keep Kazuki-san bound to this place TOO, does it need the iTEMS? Though he's always sounded fond of his students when he talked about them to ME... Perhaps they're mementos from THEM, or from people he was close to that gifted him something to remember them BY.