HANSA

[chanteuser]

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[robopriest]

[He listens quietly, and sure, he'll just shift his hand to grip hers again so he can swing it gently as she performs. She really has talent - and honestly, its nice, to hear something as sweet as this, after everything they've been through in this chaotic place.]

[When she's done, he'll nod, clearly appreciative.]

Your voice is lovely. You really have a gift.

[chanteuser]

Thank you.

[ she looks supremely unsure about what to do with compliments but she’s less embarrassed or stuttering than she was the last time she got caught singing. ]

I got my other job by chance but... I don’t mind it. At least people enjoy music, and I can do something with that to help them out.

[robopriest]

[He squeezes her hand, lightly.]

Either way, you're helping someone. Isn't that nice? You're putting a little more kindness in the world.

[chanteuser]

[ she laughs. it's maybe a little too quiet. ]

Or you just get roped into something and like it enough to keep going. [ she likes feeling useful. she likes feeling like she's doing something. ]

But if people are enjoying it, then I'm glad.

[robopriest]

Well, blessings come in different forms. Sometimes they come on the backs of things that don't look very much like blessings at all.

[He lets out a light laugh.]

You just have to find your own happiness, sometimes, in a chaotic world.

[chanteuser]

That makes blessing sound like a high risk/high reward deal, rather than a spontaneous good thing happening to you.

[ welp. ]

Mm. You're not wrong. You can't pin your happiness on someone else and hope things will turn out well.

[robopriest]

Haha, no, not quite like that. I mean it more like blessings come packaged in different forms. Hope was at the bottom of a box filled with the world's despairs, in Pandora's box.

Exactly. [His thumb makes little circles over the back of her hand.] The most important thing is to find joy even if you're on your own. You can never sink into despair, that way.

[chanteuser]

That's a very small amount of hope to counter a lot of despair.

[ she's probably shifting now because i realise she's been like awkwardly crouching this whole time, so she's kneeling now. important information. ]

You make that sound a lot easier to achieve than it is.