#truerealism

"Ye can learn all the math in the 'verse, but ye take a boat to sea that ye don't love, she'll shake ye off just as sure as the turnin' o' the star.

"Love keeps her floatin' when she oughtta sink, tells ye she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home."

- Cpt. Malcolm Reynolds - Serenity

- I dreamed of another you, old friend, soaring high amidst cerulean skies.

- Whate'er would compel me to do such a thing?

- [chuckle] Your children worshiped you as a god. Could you conceive of a more wretched fate?

- [rumble] Forsooth a most pitiable state.

…

- Dreamest thou of flight, Child?

- To fly away from here?

- …No.

No, my place is where I've taken root. Only sin eaters up there, anyway, and I would not have them grant me wings just yet.

Besides, who would keep you company were I to fly away?

- Who indeed.

- Oi! You alright over there?

- Mate!

- ...Hm? Yes, I'm alright. Merely admiring the view. - ...Right. You're, uh, you're one of them folks that worked on that Labyrinthos project, aren't you? - Was, yes. - Ah, I hadn't-- - No, it's alright. It is quite a spectacle, isn't it...

- ...I suppose? Ah, mate, they've got you cooped up underground for too long, I see. [chuckle] My line of work, I get treated to this view every night, I forget how pretty it can be.

- Every night?

Just about, aye! Say... you sure you're alright?