The two conversed some more about lighter topics, as they joined the others for lunch. Julian was particularly interested about the breakthrough.

"So, what exactly does it actually feel like?" Julian asked out of curiosity.

"Like the biggest epiphany possible in the human experience." Rui replied. "For a moment you no longer care about anything in this world. You experience true happiness and satisfaction, and your mind has absolute clarity."

"Hmmm..." Julian hummed, engrossed in Rui's explanation. "Remarkable, really."

"Hey! Pay attention to your food, you haven't even touched it yet!" Myra, the head cook of the Orphanage, insisted. She had always been quite strict about all matters regarding food and meals.

"Yes yes." Rui laughed.

"You're as strict as ever." Julian sighed with a resigned smile.

Rui proceeded to inquire about the Orphanage affairs, wanting to catch up on having missed a whole year of their lives.

"You must have seen the fully-fixed roof when you came right?" Lashara asked, while showing an affectionate smile to Julian. "Julian was the one who paid for all of that."

"It wasn't that big a deal." Julian smiled modestly.

big a deal? You're too humble." Rui

to fix the infrastructure that needed the most amount of maintenance, while also able to expand its housing

the streets these days." Lashara sighed with resigned melancholy. "I've wanted

did all these children end

is because there naturally aren't enough caretakers. Another part of it is..." Lashara's voice

Rui tilted

trafficking busts." She sighed,

no more than goods in demand. This was in one of the

glad that increased housing capacity has allowed us to take

nodded. The adolescent children from when he was an infant had all become full-fledged adults, although a lot of them no longer resided in the Quarrier Orphanage, several had chosen to stick with the Orphanage, supporting in whatever way they could. This meant there

by the orphanage was constrained by the number of caretakers present,

"Will you be staying for

for the first day, I'll

It was celebrated in some form or

outer districts

took the luxury of taking the adolescents to the outer districts where they could visit

were planning on going on the last day, as usual..." Lashara paused. "But since you won't be here for the last day, we'll go for

nodded. "I would

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