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[Azula can see the island they're bound for in the distance. A few more hours of sailing, and they'll make landfall. Good time getting there, all things considered.]

Good afternoon.

[Because in civilized society, people start with a greeting.

Her writing is the same as before, carefully composed and flowing script.]

A thought occurred to me as I was discussing the weather with a local at the island I found myself on originally.

It is late winter here, and my birthday is in early spring. However, the last I remember, it was late spring, so my birthday had just been celebrated. I received a rather lovely gift, as a matter of fact.

[Coronation as the Earth Queen was no small matter, after all.]

How, then, would those more familiar with this place suggest I mark the time? Do I treat this coming birthday as the one I already celebrated or take it as the next?

[Any speech that comes from the book, she will attempt to ignore. If it persists, the book may not be the only thing she sets fire to, this time.]

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Ah, great to hear! I take it you've set to sea, then. I had a feeling you'd get by well enough, even if your initial reaction to the journal system was...a bit hasty, perhaps. As far as the time issue goes, the days seem to be about as long as the ones back where I'm from.

I'm not sure how time passes in your realm, but my frame of reference is 60 seconds for a minute, 60 minutes for an hour, and 24 hours in a full day and night cycle. Is yours anything like that?

[Quite the patronizing man, Azula considers, from the way she reads the first remark. She sees nothing hasty in the slightest about her reaction to the book.

When it writes, she finds it acceptable. When it speaks, she doesn't.

And she gave it fair warning the last time, but it persisted. Naturally, she followed through with her threat.]

It is, though I don't see how that's relevant to the question I asked.

Well, if this place follows a similar time scale, would it not make sense to just continue as you did before?

"Continue as I did before"?

I am wondering whether I should assume a year has passed or if I should treat it as if I have somehow gone back a few months. That is not a situation I have encountered before.

Well, I get the feeling many of us will be having strange situations to deal with. As long as you get to enjoy a good birthday party, should it make a difference? What's a year, give or take?

A year is three-hundred-and-sixty-five days, which is, for those who employ their time correctly, a long time.

The matter is obviously trivial to you, which means you've wasted both your time and mine.

I'm just saying that you might be over-thinking it a bit, that's all.

You have already established it does not matter to you.

[He lets out a sigh on the other end, before checking his fishing line. She was a difficult person, to be sure.]

Alright, if you're really that interested in a consensus, I'd simply have a re-do of the most recent birthday. Is that a better answer?

I'm interested in opinions, and yours is that the matter is unimportant. Thus, your opinion is equally unimportant to me.

You seem to have a bit of a harsh outlook, Princess.

[Azlua won't have an issue, Harlock does try to write back if it's a written entry. ]
Huh never really thought about that. I didn't really have a reason to pay much attention where I was before. [Side effect of wandering space and keeping random hours, days stopped having meaning. Someone people have celebrated birthdays here. Someone was even keeping a list at one point so people could send their regards. I guess it depends if you're crew's got someone around who likes to throw parties.

The party isn't really my concern.

I'm more curious about how one would mark ages in this situation.

You've proven it appropriate.

I suppose I'll have to revise my approach, then. Perhaps the upcoming festivities on Himmelen will make you feel more at home.

You mentioned presents.

It's sort of still the same year. If it was me I wouldn't count it.

A present, actually. Is what I mentioned. Just for clarification.

Still, I'm inclined to agree. Fifteen it is.

Oh, 15. [There had been a previous Azula briefly on their ship but he's not that good at judging people's ages. He remembers being restless at that age.] Shouldn't be in such a rush to be older.

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