☀ SIX; ( video )

[couldbeavoided]

[ It's dark; the communicator's feed looks over the City from a high altitude, the buildings lit up below even though it's nearly 4 AM. A shape to the side moves; it's the Sentry's leg, unfolding to hook over the edge of the rooftop he's sitting on. ]Do you ever wonder if something will happen if you don't do anything... and just let it happen? If

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[doubleoohbaby]

[He sounds tired.]

Sounds like a load of superstition to me.

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[couldbeavoided]

You don't believe it?

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[doubleoohbaby]

I don't believe the sun will vanish just because you don't watch it.

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[couldbeavoided]

[ He's quiet for a moment, then concedes: ]

That would be silly.

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[doubleoohbaby]

So why on earth would that logic apply to anything else?

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[couldbeavoided]

Sometimes things don't work the way you think they do.

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[doubleoohbaby]

They rarely do.

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[couldbeavoided]

Couldn't something like that be one of those things?

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[doubleoohbaby]

No.

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[couldbeavoided]

You don't think that if someone loses something important, bad things will happen? Like the sun not rising?

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[doubleoohbaby]

What sort of person actually believes in that? Other than a mentally witless toddler?

/jack

[sweetvalleygirl]

Some people believe that if you have sex before marriage, you'll go to hell. Like, that's their religion and stuff.

[doubleoohbaby]

Really? That's is absolutely fascinating and something I was entirely unaware of.

[sweetvalleygirl]

Not all of those people are witless toddlers. Some of them are adults.

[doubleoohbaby]

I'd hope so. Toddlers should neither be getting married or having sex.

[sweetvalleygirl]

[Laughing and laughing.]

Yeah! Totally!