He takes a seat on a Convenient Nexus Couch and sets his daughter down by his feet. He leans forward slightly and has a focused sort of expression
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"Don't like feelin' helpless. I'd rather think tha' whatever happens happens 'cause people interact a certain way."
"I gave myself a joke-fear. Th' fear of people who fear an' discriminate against a certain group of people. It was t' make a statement 'bout intolerance. Don't think that counts, though."
"Hm. I never felt like my fate made me helpless. I know how the story ends, but I don't know how I'm going to get there. It isn't really so much different for everyone else."
He grins. "Not quite what I was thinking of, but interesting. Where I come from 'intolerance' isn't named so succinctly, but it does exist."
"Ah. I've found th' opposite t' be true. Instead of lookin' within oneself, people tend t' define themselves through outside forces. Society. Gods. What they dictate. Folks rarely look into 'human' nature anymore, 'cause th' question 'what is human an' what is divine?' tends t' fall t' the side. 'Less introspective is used in a broader sense..."
((And it's off to sleep with me. Thank you, as always, for a beautiful conversation, and I hope to continue it in the morning. :D))
"I see humans looking inside themselves quite a bit. Often not for the right reasons, and often with blinders on, but still there is the internal search.
Few humans seem to really believe in the divine, and fewer still seem to think it can actually be encountered. Which might be an even worse form of un-belief.
"I've always thought tha' they were modifyin' bits of themselves accordin' t' the standards of th' world 'round them. Would one choose t' improve if left to their own devices? I think they would. But why? If'n no one's there...it'd hafta be an ingrained thin'."
"How is one defined other than inside th' society an' enviornment tha' they live in? Those who don't look t' the divine search t' their world. Any introspection is then colored an' reexamined through th' new perspective gained through th' fellows around them."
"I gave myself a joke-fear. Th' fear of people who fear an' discriminate against a certain group of people. It was t' make a statement 'bout intolerance. Don't think that counts, though."
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He grins. "Not quite what I was thinking of, but interesting. Where I come from 'intolerance' isn't named so succinctly, but it does exist."
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She smiled. "It's good t'...say stuff 'bout it, y' know? I even wrote a poem of it, usin' th' same arguments tha' th' others used."
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There are many things in my homeland that go unexamined. I think maybe Jotunar and Aesir are less introspective than humans."
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"Ah. I've found th' opposite t' be true. Instead of lookin' within oneself, people tend t' define themselves through outside forces. Society. Gods. What they dictate. Folks rarely look into 'human' nature anymore, 'cause th' question 'what is human an' what is divine?' tends t' fall t' the side. 'Less introspective is used in a broader sense..."
((And it's off to sleep with me. Thank you, as always, for a beautiful conversation, and I hope to continue it in the morning. :D))
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Few humans seem to really believe in the divine, and fewer still seem to think it can actually be encountered. Which might be an even worse form of un-belief.
((You're welcome.))
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"How is one defined other than inside th' society an' enviornment tha' they live in? Those who don't look t' the divine search t' their world. Any introspection is then colored an' reexamined through th' new perspective gained through th' fellows around them."
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But doesn't it also work the other way? The world is reexamined through new perspective gained through introspection?"
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"True. Society still plays an intregal role, though."
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