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[chainofhatred]

It seems implied that our dreams hold fragments of our true selves- that it's something we're meant to attempt to decipher in order to better understand who we were and perhaps still are. I wonder if we deviate or change from that person, but more than that, how much relevance is the dream generally believed to have in reality?

-Sighted

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[lingeringlegacy]

Assessing relevance asks for a comparison between dream and reality. Rather difficult when we only have limited access to both, isn't it?

[chainofhatred]

Not strictly speaking- it's just a general question inquiring to general belief of the relevance of that dream, not a direct comparison of the two.

[lingeringlegacy]

The general belief is that they have elements of our life before, yes. I think the assumption is based on finding matching details when we later get some of our memory back, or when we trade stories with inexplicably familiar people. It was then that we say "we are likely to be from the same world".

[chainofhatred]

Interesting that it isn't the immediate assumption, but I suppose with our own memories in question, it's not surprising we gravitate towards what is familiar.

[lingeringlegacy]

That was my reasoning, actually. It is also possible that for some other people it is an immediate assumption.

[chainofhatred]

True enough. It must not be terribly unfamiliar given the association with familiarity seems to have caught on rather solidly.

[lingeringlegacy]

It isn't. But there are times when I second-guess and wonder if familiarity is not just a placebo effect of your wanting to remember something badly.

In the end, it depends on what you choose to believe.

[chainofhatred]

It seems that way...

[lingeringlegacy]

Just a curiosity: Does your dream make you want to remember, or to forget?

Please ignore if it isn't something you wish to share.

[chainofhatred]

It.... leaves me with a lot of questions. Overall it seemed unpleasant, but the curiosity remains prominent over any wish to ignore it.

[lingeringlegacy]

I see.

Should you decide to pursue that curiosity, good luck.

[chainofhatred]

It's an inevitable pursuit, I face the same questions every morning I see a mirror. It's beginning to irritate.

But thank you.

[lingeringlegacy]

Are you a friend of Gai and Bell?

[chainofhatred]

You mean Youth? ...Or, rather, I can't see that name so I assume that's the reference...

At any rate, I don't know Bell much, though I've spoken with him a few times. I've visited Youth and am more familiar with him to an extent- a person from 'home' we suspect to know each other there.

[lingeringlegacy]

[Ah... so he can't read Gai's name. This is like her and Lockon before.]

Yes, Gai also goes by Youth. Maybe you've been told this before, but when you can't hear or read someone's name it is taken as sign that you know that person before.

[chainofhatred]

Yes, that seems to be the case.

Are you also familiar with them, then?