Growing pains

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[Leon digs another dead plant out of the pot that it was planted in. He can't seem to get a plant to grow no matter how hard he tries. ]

Growing a plant isn't this difficult. Why won't they grow?

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I didn't think they had bookstores here.

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[Leon looks slightly downtrodden. He forgot where he was.]

No, I don't suppose there are any here, are there? Where do you find a book around here?

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[shrugs. he hasn't been around that long either. Hmmm.]

There's a library.

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[Leon seems to light up a little bit, but then that fades and his stoic expression returns.]

A lot of people go to libraries.....
I think I'll just try to figure this out without any books or manuals.

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There are always people everywhere.

[brief frown. Roxas? Not a fan of pointless murder. Death with a point, now, maybe...]

You'll kill more of them.

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Yes, there are people everywhere....

[He looks reluctant.]

Maybe I'll try to grow something I can't kill. Like a cactus.

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A cactus.

[Something about that thought doesn't seem right...]

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[The look on Leon's face shows that he clearly agrees with that sentiment.]

....Yes. It's a survivor. It won't die on me.

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... Everything dies.

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[Leon looks up at you, holding your gaze steady with his.]

That may be so, but life is a cycle. When something dies, something else is born.

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[Literal Roxas is literal. He points at the dead plant.]

What's being born out of that?

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[He stops and looks up at you.]

A strong desire not to kill another plant. Something is always born from destruction. You just have to look for it.