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[stevegrogers]

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[aeturnus]

[ Totally perfect sense. Cain's still getting used to the idea that some people just don't... know about it. ]

No, just certain people. It's genetic.

[stevegrogers]

[ With a nod of his head, he managed to read between the lines. ]

Meaning, you're one of them?

[aeturnus]

That's right. We can't see our own time, but everyone else's.

[ Which is a trip in and of itself, believe you me. ]

[stevegrogers]

[ Interesting in a really, really disturbing kind of way. ]

Can you see it at any time or is that regulated?

[aeturnus]

It's always on, if that's what you're asking. Generally just becomes part of a person you learn like their face.

[ Disturbing, but just how some people have to go through their entire lives. Some of which are (much) longer than others. ]

Don't worry, it's pretty much against the rules to tell anyone their times. Or else the Enforcers come after you.

[stevegrogers]

[ It had to be a sad thing to know someone would go early or soon and not be able to tell them. The more he thought about it, the more something occurred to him. ]

You see mine? My number I mean?

[aeturnus]

[ Although his demeanor doesn't change, Cain does mentally brace. Questions like that usually ended up rather pointed. ]

Yeah. I do. Everyone's got one, after all.

[stevegrogers]

[ He nodded his head, trying to not look too troubled by the entire thing. ]

But you can't tell me about it because of the - Enforcers?

[aeturnus]

I mean, the Enforcers are just for people who don't care about keeping the universe in balance. Usually threat of a chain reaction that could throw all creation out of order should be enough but some people don't care or think about it.

[ Really, Cain has no intention of helping anyone escape death ever. If he didn't do it for his brother, no one else has a chance. That it seems to be the first thought for most is entertaining and annoying both.

Then again, no one really knows just how much he's actually been asked. ]

[stevegrogers]

[ Now that part of it, he understood very well and he nodded his head a few times. ]

You can't really blame people for trying when they feel pushed enough. Emotions always make things look different than they really are.

It must be a heavy burden to carry.

[aeturnus]

Blame them? Maybe not. Still, they don't get away with it.

[ That's about how Cain views it. Humanity and their obsession with death, trying to make peace with it or avoid it both, is just part of what makes life more worth living, but... it makes so many messes, too. ]

Not especially. It's like gravity. You spend spend your whole life on Earth, of course it's going to feel weird and different when you go to, say, Jupiter where it's two and a half times stronger. [ Shrug. ] I've always lived on Jupiter, though. It would be pretty weird to not.