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electroniccrane

002. Intimations

Feb 09, 2009 19:05

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In the Metamorphoses of Ovid, the Sibyl of Cumae is granted a wish by the god Apollo, in exchange for her virginity. She takes up a handful of sand and wishes to live for as many years as the grains of sand she holds. Later, she spurns the god's affections and he denies her eternal youth. The Sibyl wastes away over the years ( Read more... )

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missmimmi February 10 2009, 00:32:26 UTC

I would trade nothing, for I would rather not be immortal.

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:33:37 UTC

Why?

missmimmi February 10 2009, 20:13:05 UTC

The thought of living forever disturbs me beyond reason.

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 21:06:30 UTC

"Forever" is so vague. Humans live a hundred years, give or take. To people who count their lives by decades, is there much of a difference between living a thousand years and living "forever?"

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ttlynotawizard February 10 2009, 00:37:36 UTC

I don't think I'd want to be immortal. Just live long enough to accomplish my goals.

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:41:59 UTC

And how long a life would that be?

ttlynotawizard February 10 2009, 00:53:33 UTC

Hmm...if I got back home tomorrow...a few years perhaps?

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:55:37 UTC

And you'd be content to die after that?

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teethofneedles February 10 2009, 00:38:46 UTC

As long as I can keep attaching body parts, I'm essentially immortal already.

Ain't all it's cracked up to be.

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:40:21 UTC

In that case, what did you trade for immortality?

teethofneedles February 10 2009, 00:42:18 UTC

My life.

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:45:07 UTC

Clarify?

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electronichound February 10 2009, 00:44:30 UTC

What did you trade?

[Japanese] electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:45:54 UTC

As if you didn't know. You made the same deal, after all.

[Japanese] electronichound February 10 2009, 00:48:37 UTC

[Have Batou's deep, baritone chuckle.]

Luckily we have eternal youth, unlike Sibyl.

[Japanese] electroniccrane February 10 2009, 00:54:41 UTC

[Her voice is wry.]

The technology's improved.

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[Audio//English] scaredbutdreams February 10 2009, 01:00:25 UTC

Someone who knows about mythology! Not that I've er, actually brought the subject up...but, still!

Immortality? ...I'm not sure if I would want it honestly...

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 01:11:59 UTC

I know some mythology from most of the major civilizations. I don't have access to my external memory aboard this ship, though. It limits my depth of knowledge rather badly.

scaredbutdreams February 10 2009, 02:11:11 UTC

...Oh.

Wait, External Memory...?

electroniccrane February 10 2009, 02:22:55 UTC

Data stored outside my brain, on the various nets.

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