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[dragonrising]

[It's been quite awhile since Runyu last made a post of his own on here. But he's feeling the mood for it. So he turns on the video and offers a smile to the network as a whole before he starts speaking. His dragon features are on full display.]

You know, when I arrived here I had committed a great many evil deeds. I looked on this place as a sort of new location to finish out my years of isolation for all that I'd done. Yet as I've been here I've found friendship, love, and, most of all, healing. Though my crimes are still many and cruel, I've found that I can atone for what I have done here.

[He laughs softly and shakes his head.]

Yesterday I was blessed to witness two people I love so very much get married to each other. Something I never would have been able to be part of before through entirely the fault of my own. I'm grateful, to say the very least.

[The dragon lowers his head a moment with a soft smile.]

Forgive me, I'm rambling. Thousands of years of life will make you ponder a great many things, I suppose.

[Runyu lifts his head again.]

I wondered if anyone has found healing here as well. A chance to grow to be someone better than they were and to heal from the shadows of the past. I'd like to hear your stories if you are willing to share them. Thank you.

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[dragonrising]

I wasn't sure if someone had offered you housing elsewhere yet. Or if you had been fortunate enough to be given alternate housing like some here. But if you are in the refugee housing for now then that is easy enough to remember.

[dontbestubborn]

I will find better housing for us in time. I must adapt to this world. It is so different from Hell and Heaven too.

[dragonrising]

It is very different here. But there's something that is welcome about that too. It can even mean a fresh start for some or a chance to try again.

[dontbestubborn]

Even for the dead?

[dragonrising]

Even for the dead.

[After all, he's known a number of people now who are dead in their worlds.]

[dontbestubborn]

Then I will hope that your good luck continues.

And mine begins.

[dragonrising]

In some ways we bring about our own fortune as long as we are open to possibilities.

But you have a friend now and your son is here. So your good fortune has already begun.

[dontbestubborn]

Maybe I will make more friends. Would that be a pleasing endeavor?

I've never been free.

[dragonrising]

I was not free for a long time either. But we can be here.

It feels good.