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[Even with the month of February coming to a close, the weather has still been rather cold. But that didn't stop spring from trying to make its way through, and even now, one could see the start of buds on trees around the forest. Appropriately bundled up for the weather, Ion rests at the foot of the largest tree in the cherry tree grove just north of the village. Taking in a long, steady breath, he absentmindedly opens his journal. When he speaks, it doesn't even seem like he's addressing the journal at first. His voice sounds distant; he's had a lot on his mind lately.]

I wonder what it would be like to live in Luceti longer than I lived back on Auldrant... so far. [Those last words are added rather hastily, like an after-thought. There's a wistful smile on his face.] Thinking about it used to make me feel sad... now I'm almost not sure what to think. It feels like the longer I'm here, the greater the chance is that I might start to forget things about home. The sound of the city bustling to life in the morning. The way the sun shines off the fonbelt in the sky at sunset. The faces of all the kind people I've met...

[He trails off before smiling a little more brightly.]

But I guess it really hasn't been all that long. [Two years in Luceti. Almost a year back on Auldrant. Nearly a quarter of the time he's been alive.] Besides, there are things here that I never want to forget as well...

[He trails off and looks off into the distance. The only sound for a few moments is that of birds chirping overhead. Aburptly, he looks back down at the journal.]

Ah. I think I lost track of where I was going with this. I'm sorry for rambling.

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[And at that-- well, Ion's just going to start chuckling a bit. Sincerely, even!]

You don't look like someone who needs to worry about being too old to me.

Yeah, I'm sixteen, but...what's so funny?

Sixteen? [Oh, she's older than him-- well, duh, of course she's only than him, he's technically four.]

[Details.]

I thought you looked younger than that...

Nah, that's probably just my youthful charm you're seeing, huh.

I'm Precis, by the way.

My name is Ion. [Smile, smile.]

To be honest, I've never been very good at guessing ages. But I guess it would be safer to guess something younger than something older, right?

Ion? Like, in electricity and stuff like that? That's a really cool name.

I guess. I mean, it depends on the person. If someone's really old, it's probably better to guess younger so they don't get mad.

..."electricity and stuff"?

[Nevermind that no one's ever said he has a cool name before, but what.]

I didn't know my name meant anything...

Well, you know what atoms and molecules, are right? Well, if the amount of electrons don't match up with the protons, the matter has an electrical charge, so we call those atoms and molecules ions.

Sooo, an Ion is an electrically charged particle. Cool, huh?

[Okay, he followed that explanation... like halfway. Protons, electrons, what are those words even.]

[But that last part made sense, at least!]

An electrically charged particle... I'm not so sure a name like that would suit me. [It sounds so... exciting.]

Well, there are all sorts of ions. Anions have a negative charge, and cations have a positive charge. There are also monatomic ions and polyatomic ions.

A negative charge and a positive charge...

[...then clearly Sync would have a negative charge!]

[Okay, this is just silly. It's even got him chuckling a little.]

I can't say I've ever heard of things like that. Though I wonder now if my name means the same thing back home...

Maybe! You never know, right? Either way, it's a totally cool name, Ion.

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