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One of the things people don't do often is talk about the good things they've done or have right now. Sometimes being away from home is hard, so sharing helps!

So what's one good thing in your life right now? Yesterday, I got a cat out of a tree! It wasn't very happy but the owner thanked me a lot.

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I didn't say bad. Just . . . y'know, tough.

[ Jon loves his father here. There's no doubt in his mind that his father cares about it, even if they stumble around each other. But Jon does miss his parents strongly. It's not the same. ]

Right.

[Ed can't really relate to that, even though he had made the connection to make it easier for Jon to understand - Al was still his Al from his world, their timeline was just not the same. He wasn't missing his own actual brother from home, because he had him here, and in the flesh which was better than the alternative.]

It's probably harder on Al, to be honest. He's not used to this like I am... I actually spent a few months with an Al from a completely different world, we didn't even share most of the same experiences. That was tough.

[Having his actual brother here? Not so much.]

It's not a competition of who has it tougher.

[ That's dumb logic. ]

[That wasn't what he meant at all, so he's a little surprised by that response.]

I just don't think much gets to me, anymore. You get used to all of this after awhile, even when it changes.

[He mostly feels bad for Al, he knows he wants to go home - but he doesn't say anything, because Ed doesn't.]

I . . . guess?

[ Jon shrugs. ]

Sorry. I mean, there's stuff I'm used to, but personal things are always kind of iffy. They'll always get to it in some way.

I've seen my brother come and go in a place like this enough times to think I was hallucinating it.

Guess I'm just used to personal things being what I had to get used to.

[There's a lot of stuff Ed would never get used to. Talking to gods, befriending demigods, that whole thing was still weird... Not to mention immortals, Cain was still a big mystery to him.]

Everyone reacts differently, I guess.

[ Jon smiles in an attempt to help Ed relax. ]

Yeah! I mean, aliens and magic and stuff is all normal to me. So it's, like . . . per — perspective?

Basically.

[He's smiling again at that.]

Never know what will be weird to adjust to for one person, but isn't or another.

[The fact that Jon had a concept of a machine that worked like alchemy was still a wonder to him, for instance. Most people didn't know what it was at all, or called it magic but Jon seemed to get it - and that was a surprise.]

That's why I like making these posts. It's a good way of finding out.

[ And Jon likes that there are so many people to talk to. ]

It is interesting to see what kind of people respond on this network.

[Like talking cats, apparently.]

Yeah, the really shy ones tend to keep quiet.

[ Like Mr. Barnes. He never really responds to this stuff save for that one time. ]

Sounds about right.

Most people I've met here through the network, I haven't seen very many face to face I didn't already know.

[There was the masq, but the whole anonymity aspect of it kind of took that away.]

Yeah, but it's easy to meet up with people. Everyone wants to know someone.

[ Jon met so many people face to face after his posts. It was a great way to know people. ]

[He's not sure he agrees that everyone wants to know someone, but he smirks at that.]

It's a definite ice breaker, that's for sure.

[ In Jon's case, it's true!! ]

It really helps to pave the way to meeting even more people.

In the worlds I was in before I don't think I've met so many people this fast. Well- talked to, at least... If you can call this "meeting".

Sure it is! Meeting people on the internet is just as real as meeting people anywhere else. So long as you're careful.

[He had to laugh at that]

We didn't really have the internet where I was before, so this whole thing is pretty new to me.

Don't worry. You'll get used to it super quickly.

I'm working on it. My roommates have been trying to help.

[Bless their patient hearts.]

I didn't come from a world with this stuff, and the others I was in .... nothing was quite this advanced.

[Laptops are still a mystery to him, they just seem like giant phones.]

You're probably not the only one.

[ Though it still blew Jon's mind to know people didn't have the internet. But he was fairly well-read, considering who his mother was. ]

I don't think anyone's gonna mind.

I imagine, with all the worlds people come here from.

[Things he never thought he'd say as if it was no big deal.]

They don't so far, but I'm sure it can be a little frustrating. I know the disbelief when I tell anyone is starting to get old for me, at least.