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[Another year in Johto a month ago...and now, another birthday. Which is a strange thing to think about. Up until a few years ago, he hadn't even known the date of his own birth, hadn't even thought to wonder what it was. Back in Amestris, a homunculus' birth isn't something that anybody really wants to remember or celebrate, after all. But here? People have found it out, wheedled it out of him...people have remembered it, asked after it, thought that the fact that Envy was born was something important.]

[And for two years now, he's awkwardly accepted the couple of gifts and the well wishes he's gotten, but it had still felt strange to even acknowledge. But now, the third year he's known about the day...it feels a little more natural. He actually remembers what day it is without being reminded, and if any of his patched together little family brings it up, or does something for the occasion?]

[Well, maybe this year he'll react a little less like a cat who's just encountered a vacuum cleaner for the first time.]

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Hey, I've got a question for anyone who feels like answering. When you do things for somebody's birthday, what is it that you're celebrating about them? Is it that they managed to survive an extra year or that they were born in the first place or just because parties are fun or what?

What is it about a birthday that makes it something important?

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I always felt birthdays are a good time for reminding people how grateful you are that they are in your life. You never know when they might be gone, after all.

You know...that's a good way to put it. especially here.

[Envy's been in this world long enough to lose more friends than he can count. Although...he thinks he recognizes this number, that kid who didn't know about Halloween. He hasn't been here that long, has he? Not long enough to be that jaded about the disappearances yet, at least. Hmm.]

when you put it like that, I wonder if it'd be a good day to remember people who've gone, too. doing something on their birthdays in their memory, I mean.

[It's okay. When you come from a world like Armin's, you learn very quickly just how fragile human life is. If any of them had felt young and invincible, Trost had put an end to that.]

I think it would be. I don't know what it is like when someone disappears from this world and how I would feel about that... but a few months ago a good friend of mine died. Taking some time to remember him would be a comfort. I'm not sure if I'd want to do it on my own birthday, but definitely on his.

Edited (I completely forgot to add his time in route.) 2016-11-07 22:25 (UTC)

Ah, sorry about that.

It's hard to say how people react to the disappearances until they happen, just because it can be any time. They can come back, but sometimes that makes it harder because you never know if they will or not.

Heh, not very fun birthday conversation. But I bet your friend would like to be remembered. I would.

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