( live each day as if you were never going to see anyone here, ever again.
it's an unexpected bit of genuine and serious advice, though not the first time break's provided any, either. but what's funny about it is that not so long ago - and the desire is still there in some ways, it really is - he might've taken it much differently than how he knows it was intended. people always leave; then what's the point of trying? elliot would, of course, have a whole rant prepared about that way of thinking, and by now oz can understand why. but, that doesn't make it any easier. it's not a very big list as of yet, not really, people he knew who've come and gone (friends, maybe), but it'll inevitably grow the longer he stays here; ahiru won't be the last for sure. there's no reason it might not include gil one day, or break, or even elliot or leo. collette. caesar or lenalee.
that doesn't mean he can't give it a try, though. )
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it's an unexpected bit of genuine and serious advice, though not the first time break's provided any, either. but what's funny about it is that not so long ago - and the desire is still there in some ways, it really is - he might've taken it much differently than how he knows it was intended. people always leave; then what's the point of trying? elliot would, of course, have a whole rant prepared about that way of thinking, and by now oz can understand why. but, that doesn't make it any easier. it's not a very big list as of yet, not really, people he knew who've come and gone (friends, maybe), but it'll inevitably grow the longer he stays here; ahiru won't be the last for sure. there's no reason it might not include gil one day, or break, or even elliot or leo. collette. caesar or lenalee.
that doesn't mean he can't give it a try, though. )