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Cyril
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Hey, Ignatz. Whatcha doing?
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Ignatz
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Cyril, hello. I was just looking outside. Are you off to work right now?
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Cyril
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I'm gonna get a bucket and get rid of that big puddle everybody keeps walking around.
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Ignatz
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Oh, you're getting rid of the puddle over there? That's a shame.
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Cyril
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Huh?
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Ignatz
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I've quite enjoyed looking at the puddle. But pay me no mind. The work needs doing, I know.
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Cyril
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I... Huh? What's so nice about it?
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Ignatz
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Well, look at it.
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Ignatz
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With the addition of the puddle, the whole landscape has changed dramatically.
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Ignatz
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Plus, it's perfectly unique. No two puddles are alike. Light will never again hit the water in quite that way.
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Ignatz
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This whole landscape is unique, in fact. Here, now, for us to enjoy. It didn't exist a moment ago, and it won't exist in a moment.
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Cyril
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I guess you're right, huh?
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Cyril
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Weird. I never thought about the rain that way.
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Cyril
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How it makes the world look different and how that's kinda special, I mean.
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Ignatz
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Your mood just brightened, Cyril. And that made the world a little brighter, didn't it?
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Ignatz
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That's the other thing about looking at a landscape. The view is affected by the viewer's feelings.
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Cyril
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Huh... Maybe you're right.
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Cyril
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When I remember it, I think Almyra was a real dull and lonely place.
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Cyril
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Once you're outta the city, there's nothing but the plains and sky, and they stretch on forever.
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Cyril
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You can lose yourself out there. That's the kind of place it is.
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Cyril
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It's strange, when I remember it now, even though it's lonely, it also seems real pretty too.
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Ignatz
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Maybe the image in your memories is affected by your emotional state.
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Ignatz
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Anyway, it sounds fascinating.
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Ignatz
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Endless plains, boundless sky. That's Almyra, huh?
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Ignatz
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The thought of it makes my pulse quicken.
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Cyril
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Heh, you're a big weirdo, Ignatz.
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Ignatz
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Am I? Heh, I suppose I am.
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Cyril
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Sitting around, talking about how pretty puddles are?
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Ignatz
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Well, when you put it like that! Still, I'd love to see Almyra some day.
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Ignatz
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Cyril, after the war, would you go there with me?
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We can make some memories of your homeland that aren't all dull and lonely!
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Cyril
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I don't know. Maybe. But, yeah, I'll think about it.