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[imputing]

Your eagerness to share your secrets is surely contagious. Here is mine: vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri.

Hm, I believe I am in need of a change of clothes.

Comments

[a_roving_eye]

I'm afraid I don't understand that language, young man. I might need a translation.

[imputing]

I apologize. How about this: everybody lives, but not everyones deserves to.

[a_roving_eye]

Hm. I would agree with that assessment. It's a cold, hard fact of existence. In the wild, natural selection usually takes care of that, though.

[imputing]

I am glad you agree. There are many who would rather deny it.

[warconductor]

The question then becomes: Who is deserving?

[imputing]

Correct, though I believe I don't have the exact answer to that question yet.

[warconductor]

Is it something you look to discover?

[imputing]

It is an important question.

[bedeviling]

Oh my! What language is that?

[imputing]

It is Latin. It is more beautiful than even French.

[bedeviling]

You speak French and Latin? That's impressive!

[imputing]

You flatter me. Surely you have talents of your own.

[lyra_of_dust]

That's roman... Well, it is true, I suppose.

[imputing]

So you agree?

[lyra_of_dust]

Yes. But it en't really relevant most of the time.

[imputing]

How so?

[hedbonesoftruth]

Ooh. Latin. Fancy.
It's true. The shit of it is, a lot of people take their whole damn life to prove their worth.

[imputing]

Thank you. The translation doesn't do it any justice.

Do you think any of them ever succeeds?

[hedbonesoftruth]

Yes. A lot of them. People no one even remembers after they die often did more good for this world than anyone will ever know.
Humans are endlessly impressive and disappointing at the same time.

[imputing]

Truly. The most impressive of people are often the most disappointing too.