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[amicustenebris]

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[amicustenebris]

Because I was in love, and I wanted to have a family.

[ And I believed she loved me. ]

[donateblood]

Ah. It didn't start unhappy, at least.

[amicustenebris]

Not to my recollection.

[donateblood]

That's good. I'm happy for that, at least. Did you get the family you hoped for?

[amicustenebris]

We had a son. It did not last a good deal longer after that.

[donateblood]

Were you able to maintain a relationship with him?

[amicustenebris]

He died shortly before I came here. I would rather not discuss him.

[donateblood]

[ Oh, that hurts. He remembers when he nearly lost-- And Johnny neatly turns his musings away from that thought before it fully forms. ]

My sympathies. What about your wife, then? Or, ah... Ex-wife?

[amicustenebris]

She left when he was about four years old.

[donateblood]

You raised him on your own? Impressive. Boys are impulsive.

[amicustenebris]

There were mistakes that I worked hard to make up for. I have a grandson. That is all that need be known on that subject.

[donateblood]

Congratulations!

[amicustenebris]

It's really neither here nor there. But more specifically here.

[donateblood]

Fair enough. Topic change?

[amicustenebris]

Please.

[donateblood]

Do you work?

[amicustenebris]

I am the assistant administrator over at an establishment on Switch Street.

[donateblood]

What does this establishment do?

[amicustenebris]

There are multiple businesses within, up to and including a museum of oddities, a perfumery, and a specialized tailor.

[donateblood]

Ooooh, a perfumery!

[amicustenebris]

I previously had some experience in property management; it seemed a simple place to start.

[donateblood]

Wait, are you RUNNING all of these places?

[amicustenebris]

I believe the title is Assistant Administrator.

[donateblood]

I am impressed.

[amicustenebris]

I'll just call it luck; something to occupy my time until I am able to go into business for myself. But this place seems to think I need to devote a portion of that to housing and looking after at least one other person, so these things will take time.