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[Mostly Voice/Some Action with Thinking]

Oct 15, 2009 01:34

[Sora is bored with the rain, and has retreated to the barracks since he can't be outside without getting ridiculously sick. He's idly playing handball against the wall, but mostly he's sitting there thinking way too much.]Hey, so... What's the measure of a "person ( Read more... )

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[Voice] esper_flight October 15 2009, 06:23:11 UTC

Hm. I would say, yes, being able to think, and having the free will to act on those thoughts.

[Voice] valorandwisdom October 15 2009, 06:25:33 UTC

What about feelings? Do they make a person or just... add to a person?

[Voice] esper_flight October 15 2009, 21:32:30 UTC

Feelings are important, too, but...I know someone who's worked hard to kill his emotions. I would say he's still a person despite this, even though I hope he can come to understand their value one day.

[Voice] valorandwisdom October 16 2009, 05:34:34 UTC

But he still feels, right? Even if it's not obvious?

[Voice] esper_flight October 16 2009, 21:50:33 UTC

I would think so. He doesn't talk about it to me, but...I'm not sure how it could be possible to feel nothing all the time, even if you train yourself for it.

[Voice] valorandwisdom October 17 2009, 22:40:47 UTC

Maybe he doesn't feel nothing? He might just ignore it, I know someone who... kind of did that, but he's gotten better about it lately.

[Voice] esper_flight October 18 2009, 00:46:01 UTC

If he felt nothing, then I don't know why he would have helped us when it was to his disadvantage. He's not typically an altruistic man.

...he did? How did that happen, if you don't mind me asking?

[Voice] valorandwisdom October 18 2009, 00:58:47 UTC

I don't mind, but it's not too complicated. Something pretty bad happened in his past, and he made this promise to himself or something like that, but now things are getting better so he's opening up more. Maybe your friend's like that, only without the getting better part.

[Voice] esper_flight October 18 2009, 20:08:23 UTC

I see...and that's good, about your friend.

Perhaps you're right about mine, or if he's getting better, it's done very slowly. I'd like to think we've made some impact on him, but he's so closed-off that it's hard to tell, for the most part.

[Voice] valorandwisdom October 19 2009, 07:28:20 UTC

Maybe you never will, but you call him a friend, right? If he doesn't argue it, I'd say you've done pretty good.

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