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I realized something the other day. My birthday came and went without my noticing. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but the jump in time makes something like birthdays a bit odd to say the least. I should be seventy according to the calender. For those who are from further back in time than I, that dissonance only gets worse.

Incidentally, my birth coincides with something from my world known as the Normandy landings. A few years after the fall of France during the second World War, the Allies concocted a plan to free the nation from the hold of the Nazis. This incident has become known as D-Day, from the military term to indicate on what day an attack will happen. It is one of the most well known examples to the point where many Americans are probably not aware of other D-Days unless they are familiar with the way the military works.

D-Day was not a sweeping victory. The Allies lost more men than the Germans, but it was the boost that the Allies needed to start to reclaim land lost in the war. Everything about the mission had been carefully planned. The specific date was even chosen because it was a full moon and tides would be high. Had the order been given to delay the mission, the world might have become a very different place.

[After that history lesson, he fires off a message locked to Demyx and Schludig.]

I believe the three of us should work together on something. Call it leaving our mark on this region. Are you two interested?

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That depends on your pitch. Try me.

Honestly? If it's the year you're worried about, I wouldn't stress over it. Get too caught up in numbers and dates, and you'll just wind up with a headache. I'd say just go off of how old you were back home, then add a year.

But dang, were you born on the exact day this D Day thing happened, right down to the year? Can't say I've ever dealt with war before, but if it's half as bad as I hear, it almost makes me glad I lived on such a small, boring world.

It's something you get used to over time, I believe; I was born over 130 years ago, according to the date here. It's actually not terribly dissonant for me, but I imagine that's because things were so different for me overall - why should I be concerned about the date, when I have to adjust to everything else being so different on top of it?

That said, however, this war of yours...it's interesting to me. Do you have speculation regarding how the world would have changed, exactly?

whatcha got in mind?

woah, that's really cool!! i mean i don't recognize any of those but to share a birthday with such an important day is really something. it's like you're a living commemoration!!

i think that's kinda normal, i haven't really celebrated my birthday since i got here

i mean there was a time disparity and idk it just never really came up



thanks for the history lesson tho

what a depressing day to be born on

Happy belated birthday anyway. [What? Otacon had only met the guy but he seemed an ok sort of person. As for D-day, he knew all about that.]

A fitting day for your birth.

Born on D-Day, huh? Pretty unlucky.

Or twisted foreshadowing.

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