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=BiE 81=
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>Year 1157 in Equestria.
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>The sun was beating down on your face as you slept.
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>Or at least, it was trying to.
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>Hard to get through the window when there's a corkboard covering it.
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>Hah. Screw you Celestia.
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>You threw your feet off the edge of the bed and stretched, releasing several pops throughout the room.
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>You stood and started your walk to the kitchen.
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>The rest of your apartment was dressed in similar lighting to your room, with thick sheets covering the windows and only allowing slits of light in.
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>What can you say? You were not a morning person.
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>You poured yourself some cereal and threw your coffee into the contraption Anon had rigged up for you on your last birthday.
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>Your eyes scanned the living room.
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>He should be out by now...
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>"BOY! BREAKFAST!"
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>You heard a body hit the floor from some height.
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>The door adjacent yours opens. "Dad?"
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>"Food."
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>A small hybrid of bird and lion walked out of the shadows closer to you. "Dad, it's too early."
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>"School is in an hour, Eitri."
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>Eitri groans. "Dad, it's summer!"
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>What?
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>"Huh?"
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>You walk over to the window and throw the sheet back.
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>Sure enough. Your neighbors all had their windows open, many had laundry drying outside.
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>"How the fuck long has it been summer!?"
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>"About a month..." Eitri said.
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>Fucking old age.
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>You heard a yawn over your shoulder. "I'm going back to bed..."
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>Oh hell naw.
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>"Hold up there, poozer. When I was a kid we didn't get to sleep till noon until the last week of June."
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Liar.
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>Shut it.
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>You point to his room.
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>"Wash up, come out, and eat. We'll figure out something to do."
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>Eitri groans again. "Daaaaad..."
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>"Now."
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>Eitri grunts and heads back into his room.
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>You don't know what your mom was so on about, parenting is easy.
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>You and Eitri sat at the table eating your breakfast.
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>He was munching down on some bacon you had grilled up for him.
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>It was nice to hear him calling you dad on instinct now.
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>It had been...five years since you took him in?
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>You still remember when you met him.
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>He had stolen some fruit or something and hidden behind you when the guards chased him.
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>Shit, but had he looked scared.
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>Luckily, you were you. A simple "He's with me." was enough to scare the guards off.
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>After taking him away and getting a meal in him, he had relented and stayed with you for the night, saying that he would be gone in the morning.
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>A day turned to a week turned to a month turned to you sending him to school.
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>Fucked if your Griffin kid was gonna be a moron.
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>Eitri sat silently stabbing his bacon with a fork.
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>"Eat it. I don't want you passing out when you do stuff today."
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>Eitri glanced up at you. "Dad, do I have a mom?"
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>Damn.
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>"Every living thing has a mom, Eitri."
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>He puts down his fork and glares at you. "You know what I mean."
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>You sigh and lean back.
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>"You mean a mare who lives with me."
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>Eitri crosses his arms and nods.
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>...Fuck.
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>"I guess you had one a long time ago...but she died."
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>Eitri swallows some bacon. "How long ago?"
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>Your eyes meet his. "Very long."
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>He seems to understand that he won't be getting an answer and goes back to his meal.
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>"What was she like?" He asked.
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>Shit, you weren't planning on a trip down memory lane.
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>"She was...the best."
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>"She was fiery, and smart, and kind...you'd have liked her."
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>You look up and see Eitri smiling. "And she'd have liked you too."
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>Eitri smiles as he eats his breakfast.
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>"You wanna go see her?"
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>Eitri's eyes snap up to you. "We can do that?"
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>"Yeah, had her buried in the royal gardens. We can see her any time.
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>Eitri twiddles his talons a bit. "That could be cool."
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>Atta boy.
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>The two of you headed out after breakfast.
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>Eitri complained about your ladder, why you installed it.
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>Screw off, kid. We don't get robbed because of that ladder.
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>You made your way to the castle and walked in a beeline to the gardens.
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>There in the back was a small headstone with the words "Lived: 978-1084" carved on it.
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>At the foot of the headstone rested a small pool of water, inside of which was a single lotus flower.
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>Eitri walked up to the headstone and looked around it. "There's no name."
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>You chuckle as you sit down.
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Hey pretty pony...
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>"Her name was Lotus."
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>He dips his talon in the water. "Has that been here the whole time?"
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>"I change it once a week."
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>Eitri walked back over to you. "How long did you know her?"
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>"Eighty-three years."
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>Eitri's eyes widen at the number. "Was she your wife?"
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>"For a little while... she died right after we were married."
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>You hold up your bracelet arm.
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>"I got her a matching one of these for her neck."
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>"What happened to it?"
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>You point at the grave.
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>"She still has it."
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>Eitri is quiet for a little while.
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>"Dad, how old are you?"
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>...FUCK.
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>"Old, kid."
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>"Eitri walks in front of you. "No Dad. I want to know. How old exactly are you?"
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>You can see from the look in his eye that Eitri isn't going to back down from this.
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>"Dammit..." You sigh out.
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>You lean back a bit and start counting.
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>"I am...One thousand one hundred and eighty three years old."
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>Eitri is left speechless. You had told him that you were one of the oldest things he'd ever see and why, but no specifics.
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>Eitri just looks at the grave. "Must be nice..."
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>"It has its ups and downs..."
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>"And Uncle Anon has been with you the entire time?"
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>"That and more, poozer."
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>"What's it like, dad?"
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>Oh here we go...
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>"It's...life."
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>"It's rough sometimes. It's great sometimes. I have my good days and my bad."
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>You reach out and ruffle the feathers on his head.
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>"But I'm dealing."
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>"And you don't get sad because mom isn't around?"
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>Mom?
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>Heh. This kid.
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>"Can't be sad. Gotta look out for you, poozer."
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>Eitri swings his talons at you as you continue to ruffle his head. "So all you do is look out for p0nies?"
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>"Gotta do something to keep from going crazy."
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>"Who?"
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>"Oh you know. You, Uncle Anon, the entire city if I'm feeling like it.
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>"Everyone?" Eitri asks.
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>"Every last one."
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>Eitri and you sit there for a while.
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>"Thanks for bringing me out here, dad." He says.
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>"No problem, kid. I always like to come here."
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>Eitri has a smile on his beak.
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>"Wanna go have some fun?"
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>Now that smile is twice its size." "Yeah!"
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>"Wanna go mess with Celestia?"
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>"YEAH!"
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>You ruffle his feathers.
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>"Atta boy."
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>Eitri shoots off into the sky as you prepare to give chase.
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>You pause for a moment and brush your hand along the face of the headstone.
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>"See you in a week, babe."
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>With that, you run out of the garden.
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>She would have loved him...
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