Ah, that was more for the rest of you, monsieur - but very well. Hopefully in a year's time I'll still be here, and I'll have been joined by people relevant to me. Things aren't going terribly well for me back home, you see.
[He pauses for a moment; not long enough to be suspicious, anyway.]
Around this time of year back home, I was involved in a near-fatal accident and barely survived. The anniversary of it would have been over that strange weekend, actually - my right arm was severely damaged from the shoulder down, and I nearly lost my right eye. It's better now, because modern medicine is wonderful like that, but...it's an interesting memory to have.
Some other things happened around this time as well - far nicer things, as far as I'm concerned. It's when I started to get to know my friends there, for example.
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Ah, that was more for the rest of you, monsieur - but very well. Hopefully in a year's time I'll still be here, and I'll have been joined by people relevant to me. Things aren't going terribly well for me back home, you see.
[He pauses for a moment; not long enough to be suspicious, anyway.]
Around this time of year back home, I was involved in a near-fatal accident and barely survived. The anniversary of it would have been over that strange weekend, actually - my right arm was severely damaged from the shoulder down, and I nearly lost my right eye. It's better now, because modern medicine is wonderful like that, but...it's an interesting memory to have.
Some other things happened around this time as well - far nicer things, as far as I'm concerned. It's when I started to get to know my friends there, for example.
So this time of year is a little nostalgic.