It's not not worthwhile. I'd call it the online shopping experience. The quality is never what you want, and it's almost entirely useless, but you got exactly what you paid for.
[A beat.]
Or, in our case, exactly the level of too good to be true we agreed to...?
[ she may know what a sharknado is, but she has never heard of online anything. so there's still some puzzlement there, but also mild humor. she's gotten used to this, talking to eleanor and sheila.
she's really disarming in that way. even vira can't really keep her guard up long. ]
Mmhm. I knew this wouldn't be easy, but from the beginning there's been more... obstacles than I expected.
[ with mercy and all that. her mood dips into something acutely pained at the memory, and something else, though she smiles a little ruefully anyway. ]
I think it takes a special sort of person to find meaning in a place like this.
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...That's sweet of you to say.
[ she is very taken aback?? but recovers quickly, smiling a bit. ]
You really think this experience worthwhile? We've gotten so little out of it. [ besides each other. ]
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[A beat.]
Or, in our case, exactly the level of too good to be true we agreed to...?
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she's really disarming in that way. even vira can't really keep her guard up long. ]
Mmhm. I knew this wouldn't be easy, but from the beginning there's been more... obstacles than I expected.
[ with mercy and all that. her mood dips into something acutely pained at the memory, and something else, though she smiles a little ruefully anyway. ]
I think it takes a special sort of person to find meaning in a place like this.
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[... She won't say she didn't expect death, though. Death is a prerequisite of her existence for reasons Vira is already aware of, whew.]
I think anyone can find meaning wherever they go. It doesn't always have to be good meaning.