up until the last sunrise

Everest

Everest was liable to talk Mateo's ear off about this topic if the botanist wasn't careful, though hopefully he'd have the self-restraint to stop himself before it got to the point of being rude. For now though, he studies the edge of his teacup for a moment, inclining his head back and forth as he considers his friend's point.

'There was a study done once about the wisdom of crowds.' He says in a low voice. "Where a large group had to guess the weight of a cow. Some guesses were off by hundreds of pounds as you'd expect, but when you averaged them all together?" Ever's blue eyes flick up, shining rather gleefully. "It was almost perfectly accurate." Smiling now as if he had anything at all to do with this outcome, the mirth fades from his lips as he takes a small sip of his tea.

"So I suppose with a large enough voter turn out that might be a good idea, but...I can't help but think of all the biases people have, and how easily swayed their minds might be." Realizing he had forgotten to provide context for all of this, the aviator clears his throat apologetically.

"Sohalia asked Lena, Anju, and myself to help her clear out the Tower. Cian's floor of the Tower."

even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through