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 capacity a bit, being able
streets these days." Lashara sighed with resigned melancholy. "I've wanted to do something
all these children end up this way?"
caretakers. Another part of it is..." Lashara's voice trailed
Rui tilted his
a series of child trafficking busts." She sighed, as an even
by a random man who spoke about selling him like he was no more than goods in demand. This was in one of the outer districts of Hajin. Was Hajin home to an
about such matters while eating." Lashara sighed. "I'm glad
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 were
orphanage was constrained by the number of caretakers present, the housing capacity and funds at hand. Julian singlehandedly increased the latter two
way Rui." Nina drew his attention. "Will you be staying for the Winter Festival?
"I'll be there for the
nation-wide festival. It was celebrated in some
outer districts
luxury of taking the adolescents to the outer districts where they could visit the festival fares and
the last day, as usual..." Lashara paused. "But since you won't be here for
nodded.
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