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Better than taking death that way.

You can't really take death seriously, though. It's sort of inevitable for most people... no real way of avoiding it.

That's why they dwell and take it serious. Rather spend my time dwelling on life, even seriously, than death.

Suppose, when you've got something to live for, it helps. And you've got a whole lot to live for, huh Snake?

Everyone's always got something to live for. Shrugs. Always heard a man won't die for something unless he believes it is worth living for.

Yet it's the ones that don't have anything to live for that people always warn about.

How's your family, Snake? They good?

Because people who don't think they got anything to live for are lying to themselves and that's dangerous.

They're family. Got to take some of the good with the bad.

Sorry, I meant to ask if they were doing okay.

As good as we can.

Quite true. I suppose it's due to human life being so fleeting, but I often wonder why it's not the opposite; the briefer the life, the more fun should be had.

I agree. What's the point in living if you don't have fun, sometimes?

I think humans wager it's an easy thing for me to say, being that I live so long, but if they imagined they could live forever, they might worry less about the fact that they don't.

But you get bored, if you live long, so its not your fault. I get bored sometimes, and I'm only eighty.

That they do, little one.

You'd figure since life's so short, they'd try harder to enjoy themselves.

People confuse me.

I try always to enjoy myself. *smiles a little*

People confuse me too.

That's good! *nods and smiles*

Yeah. I think they jus' don't know what they want, sometimes. Most times. Or maybe their jus' scared.

Quite a few people I know don't know what they want I don't think. Or if they do know they won't go and do something about it. Sometimes what you do, and what you want are two completely different things and the opposite to each other. But maybe people feel they need to live up to things, reputations, or it's the only thing they know. Like Fagin.

Maybe you're right.

Only, you know, it doesn't make it right, either.

No, it doesn't make it right, but people are who they are, and you can't change them, however much you might want to.

S'just 'uman nature, little one.

I know.

People only really change if an' when they want to. An' most times they jus' pretend they do. Still hurts, though.

*thinks of Fagin and smiles knowingly* I know.

*reaches out and touches her arm* Name's Nancy.

Nice to meet you, Miss Nancy. *beams*

I'm Darcy.

Nice t'meet you, little one *smiles*

You seem to be very well informed o' the world, for one so young...

*smiles back*

Oh, I'm not really this little. My sister's made me like this, 'cause I was bad.

... *blinks a little*

How so? *frowns*

Magic.

They can do magic. I can do it too, only not so good. I've jus' gotta wait till the spell wears off, and then I'll be big again.