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[evil_time_lord]

Brad Crawford--a Brad Crawford, anyway, if such a distinction is meaningful for someone like him in a place like this--steps into the Nexus, and stops. A curious look passes across his face, slowly fading into a distant, calculating semblance of a smile, and after a moment he walks very deliberately and for no obvious reason 15 paces to one side

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[freadernasansan]

"Yup."

[evil_time_lord]

Really? Let's explore that idea a bit, shall we? ::a quirked eyebrow can say so much. Irritation? Amusement? All of the above?::
Let me give you a hypothetical situation:
Say, for instance, that there is a woman in your life, and that you have, shall we say, feelings for this woman. This is, I should think, a common enough occurrence. Now, obviously you would like to end up with this woman in some, let us presume, romantic fashion.
Let us suppose, however, that she does not share your feelings.
If, then, you do end up romantically entangled with one another, we could argue that you did, in fact, have control over your life; but did she hers? And, contrarily, if you do not end up together, how do you rationalize the belief that you are in control of your life when such a presumably significant event in its course goes so dramatically against your wishes and your will?

[freadernasansan]

"Ah, but you asked did you have control over your life. So it doesn't matter in this case whether she was in control of hers." He pauses to think. "And in my case if we did not end up together I would have allowed it. Trust me on that."

[evil_time_lord]

Would you suggest, then, that you have control over your own life, but that others do not have control over theirs?
::definitely amused, now . . . or predatory? So hard to tell::

[destiny_light]

"No. Every event in life is predetirmined."

[evil_time_lord]

::grins fleetingly:: Remind me to buy you a drink some time. But tell me, what do you know about quantum physics?

[destiny_light]

"Not that much. I know it exists, and involves math and mind."

[evil_time_lord]

Well, I'm no expert myself, but I'm given to understand that, on a subatomic level, it is quite defensible to say that nothing is predetermined.
Of course, there's still a difference between "undetermined" and "under conscious control," isn't there?

[arana_spider]

"Well I like to think so. I mean i've got plans, y'know? And unless something really wrong happens, I don't think anything's gonne stop me from achieving them."

[evil_time_lord]

You "like to think so, unless something really wrong happens," eh? ::amused, definitely amused:: Not a very clear answer, but I suppose you're at least honest. I'm told that's a valuable trait.

[arana_spider]

"Yeah. Like you know, I plan to get my dad a house near me, maybe find him another wife. But if he..like, dies or something, that'd mess up that part of my plan." She smiles slightly. "Honesty's always good."

[evil_time_lord]

::body language says, "I'd pat you on the head if such things weren't completely beneath my dignity"::
Have you met my petfriend Schuldig? I think he'd find you quite charming.

[sadisticfashion]

Smile.

"You know the answer to that."

[evil_time_lord]

::makes the motions of checking his watch:: Late, as always. ::glances over the assemblage:: Developing a bit of a sweet-tooth, are we?

[sadisticfashion]

"You know how I enjoy desserts."

[evil_time_lord]

::That I do, my little telepath. That I do indeed::
And have you been taking proper care of your pets since you've been here?

[not_ale]

"Does it really matter how I'll answer?"

[evil_time_lord]

::considers, or at least appears to consider::
I suppose not, if you don't think you have any control. If you're in control, well . . . whole possible time-lines are erased every time you make any decision, so, I'd say yes, it probably does matter a bit.

[not_ale]

"Hn. The way I see it, my answer doesn't matter in the least. Whether or not I believe I have control will not affect the truth. Although, I'll admit that I think both are viable."

[evil_time_lord]

Ah, I see. The answer you give to me is, as you say, trivial, certainly. On the other hand, if you did--I beg your pardon, if you do have control over your life, then certainly the answer you believe in would affect the life that you choose, don't you think?