[ Viktor receives the hand drawn picture with a curious and intrigued look. It's only after a day or two of its delivery that he messages the not so mysterious sender. ]
I thank you, for the drawing. Its detail and elegance cannot be undermined. I assume from the books I have gathered that it is a purple hydrangea. Does it hold any significance in your world?
You are most welcome. Supposedly, it is the season for greetings and gifts, even in this place where time has lost much meaning.
There was a time in my world, perhaps a bit long ago by human reckoning, when flowers for others were carefully selected to express feelings or intent. It may now be somewhat passé, but I was quite fond of it.
Do you wish for me to tell you its significance? Or shall I set you back on the trail in the library in search of answer to this mystery?
[ An interesting thing to make note of, for next year, if he is still around for such things. ]
I was not familiar with this tradition. Nothing like it existed in Zaun. But it is good to see that people are forgetting their roots or their traditions, despite our being here. It gives some a sense of normalcy, I would expect.
[ But, hm. ]
It is not that I haven't already looked myself, but the purple hydrangea has several meanings. I would not wish to assume anything but is it perhaps that you wish for a deeper understanding?
I see no time better than the present. Even if there is no return for some of us, I would like to learn as much as I am able from this place.
If that is what you wish to receive, then you will have it.
[ Viktor has been cultivating and studying a wide variety of plants here. So this is of no issue to him. But flower language...back home, in Zaun, flowers were uncommonly rare, so no language could ever precisely be made for them. But it's different here, and Viktor has found himself thrilled with the prospect of having plants to work with. It almost reminds him of, well, the commune or what he would like to remember of it. ]
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I thank you, for the drawing. Its detail and elegance cannot be undermined. I assume from the books I have gathered that it is a purple hydrangea. Does it hold any significance in your world?
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There was a time in my world, perhaps a bit long ago by human reckoning, when flowers for others were carefully selected to express feelings or intent. It may now be somewhat passé, but I was quite fond of it.
Do you wish for me to tell you its significance? Or shall I set you back on the trail in the library in search of answer to this mystery?
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I was not familiar with this tradition. Nothing like it existed in Zaun. But it is good to see that people are forgetting their roots or their traditions, despite our being here. It gives some a sense of normalcy, I would expect.
[ But, hm. ]
It is not that I haven't already looked myself, but the purple hydrangea has several meanings. I would not wish to assume anything but is it perhaps that you wish for a deeper understanding?
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If we can take it back.
As for the meaning...
Yes, you have carefully selected the one which I intended.
Would you send me a purple hydrangea in turn, if you possessed the talent or the access to a florist... ?
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If that is what you wish to receive, then you will have it.
[ Viktor has been cultivating and studying a wide variety of plants here. So this is of no issue to him. But flower language...back home, in Zaun, flowers were uncommonly rare, so no language could ever precisely be made for them. But it's different here, and Viktor has found himself thrilled with the prospect of having plants to work with. It almost reminds him of, well, the commune or what he would like to remember of it. ]
And perhaps something more.
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So I am quite fine with that.
Something more... ?
Now my curiosity is all the more piqued. Dare I ask... ? Or are you the sort of man who prefers to surprise?