VIDEO | USERNAME: Binah

[arbit]

( the feed starts, and there sits a woman. the nook she'd found this time around is clearly another one of the cafes scattered about, quiet and without all the harsher lights of stark fluorescence. she's made herself quite comfortable from the looks of it, a teapot visible within the framing with a few unused cups overturned by it, as if she's expecting company. there's even has a platter of fruit, a small afterthought of one.

slices of peach, if one were so inclined as to squint.

some have met her already, some know her quite profoundly, but that matters not. she has a question, just as she always does, and she figures a face to the voice would be a little more reassuring than mere text, given what she has in mind. the crowd seems.. skittish. wary. she'd rather they not run too soon before she sates a curiosity.

her tea steeps within reach, and her chin rests on her knuckles as she waits; her voice akin to that of a dirge when she finally parts her lips to speak. )

Indulge me for but a moment.

( oh, she's well aware of the range of how this can be taken. it's quite alright. )

But what would you say is a moment of achievement for you? Big or small. You're free to use whatever criteria suits.

( ah. )

And if you'd rather not have it broadcasted, I'm not hard to find. I'd be pleased for company.

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video; un: hythlodaeus

[nomoresharks]

Being offered a particular position back home... or so most would say. Personally, I think turning it down was a much finer achievement--and much better for everyone in the end, really.

[Well. Almost everyone. But he tries not to think about that.]

also video..

[arbit]

( my, my. )

I've the few follow up questions, in that case.

( a raise of her hand, all but her index finger curled in. )

What drove the decision to decline? You mention that it was for the better, but surely they offered for a reason.

( she has a few others, but this is a good start. )

[nomoresharks]

I can imagine!

[He says it through a laugh, hand hovering near his mouth]

I was offered the position due to my particularly keen sense of sight. Not the everyday sort, mind, but the ability to see souls and aether--an energy of sorts found in my world--both. Though I suspect the former played a greater role than the latter.

And for my reason to decline: quite frankly, that was all I had. Such a position deserves someone capable of acting upon what they see, I think.

[arbit]

( a unique sight. beholders, of a sort. hm. she'll alter her next question just a little, her middle now joining her index in her count. )

Is it not enough for you to contribute what only you could?

( that there would be another who could act upon what he sees, is more what she means. )

Or is your idea of a person worthy of the chair and title someone who should be able to do all?

[nomoresharks]

[He nods]

The second--in a sense. I could have contributed in a sense, I suppose, but the position is one that can require... [He pauses as he searches for a word] delicacy, of a sort?

[He hums slightly and frowns, already wondering if another video lecture may be in order]

A great variety of things that I myself am entirely incapable of, anyroad.

[arbit]

( delicacy, he says. some in a position of power like that have it, she supposed. )

You've more restraint than most. ( finally, she reaches for one of her cups, righting it on a saucer to pour herself a serving. ) And humble besides.

Some would say those are the makings of a better guiding hand.

[nomoresharks]

[Humble... He's not sure he would call himself that. One would need to be much more powerful or skillful than himself to claim humility, wouldn't they?]

Perhaps. But then I'd still be left with my share of paperwork to be filed, and I can scarcely begin to imagine the tedium involved in all that.