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[endthem]

[he'd been in and out for the past few days, but today is the first that he considers himself truly awake. With the lingering weakness from his surgery weeks ago, it has taken him agonizingly longer than usual to regain consciousness. And once he finally does, more than the pain, it is the unfamiliar surroundings that strike him. ...This isn't the

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[Voice]

[godbent]

A need to re-define ourselves, probably.

[Voice]

[endthem]

My prediction is that we will cling even tighter to that 'defining' thing, in the wake of it-- realizing how little we felt as 'ourselves' from one small alteration.

[Voice]

[godbent]

That's sort of working under the assumption you have some unhealthy fixation to begin with, doesn't it?

[Voice]

[endthem]

Most people do.

[Voice]

[godbent]

That's a broad statement. Most?

[Voice]

[endthem]

Yes. Most.

[he's sticking to it]

[Voice]

[godbent]

Well if you already have an answer, why even ask?

[Voice]

[endthem]

Boredom. Curiosity.

[a distraction from all of this pesky agony]

I was also interested to see if anyone had anything to say on the matter of them having the power to do even this to us.

[Voice]

[godbent]

What, moral objections? It's terrible, duh, but it's also old news, them having absolute power.

[Voice]

[endthem]

Anything, really.

I'd thought that, if anything, this would be something that might generate new thoughts on the topic.

However, I was apparently mistaken.

[Voice]

[godbent]

"This?" That whole thing with people having their minds changed, you mean? It's not exactly a unique happening by Luceti standards if you do and, really, it's not like people walk around defined by one thing, usually.