Floor 04

[not_a_rock]

Why are people so very angry when they come here? I was frightened, though I mastered it, as one must - and soon enough there was little to be afraid of, and much to like. In fact I am very glad to have met some of you. But anger? It never resolved anything, only made it worse. But then, the Sumerians never figured that out either.Do people

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[kaikou_tide]

It's actually a very healthy emotion. Turning to anger is the first step in raising oneself out of one's conditions.

[not_a_rock]

It doesn't seem to be doing people much good when they arrive here and begin yelling into their electronic boxes. I have seen anger do good against injustice, but it is such a double-edged sword... Or perhaps that is hatred?

Oh, I don't know. Times like this I would ask Ishtar for advice but I cannot hear her here.

[kaikou_tide]

There are people here who are very angry and seek relief by yelling or fighting, but... well, it's very difficult to handle all the emotions that come with being an intelligent being, and even though you've received training as to the importance of not letting anger or hatred overwhelm you, do you always get it right?

I certainly don't.

[not_a_rock]

Of course not. Fear is more of a challenge to me than anger, though.

I don't really understand how people come here, and their first reaction is to scream and rant and rave and threaten. I suppose I'm... trying to understand it through the locus of my own experience, which is limited and flawed, but it's all I have.

I can't help others with it when I don't fully understand it from the inside out. So I'm trying to.

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[canttrustliars]

Doesn't all anger come from fear, if you analyze it deeply enough?

I think it's fair that people are angry, though. To be ripped away from everything you've worked so hard to achieve? To be left with nothing? It's really not surprising at all.

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[not_a_rock]

That's what I'm asking, really, though I'm not certain I'm correct. Perhaps because I experience fear so much easily than anger, I try to understand them through myself.

I don't know. The situation makes me sad, not angry. So I'm trying to understand why some are angry where I am sad. When I understand, I can sometimes help.

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[canttrustliars]

To understand you'd have to ask each individual about their history. The people here come from such varied worlds that most generalizations that could be considered accurate in one world is often horrible unfitting in others.

[not_a_rock]

Are people from different places so dissimilar?

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[hylian_courage]

I have to say, I was angry, when I came here.

Maybe it is because of fear.

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[not_a_rock]

That's okay Link, I know you're not a hateful person. Why were you angry? Did you not know how else to react, or were you taken away from something?

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[hylian_courage]

Yes, I was. I was doing something very important, and I'd reached the end. And now, if I can't go home... I wonder what will happen to everyone depending on me...

[Sigh]

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[not_a_rock]

....... me too.

[eyesofamurderer]

Fear is a purer form of anger, and anger a more refined form of fear. I know that many believe anger to be a more useful emotion than fear, easier to use as a tool, though I certainly can't speak for any of the passengers.

[not_a_rock]

Anger is fear given power?

But it doen't seem to be doing much good.

[fidbadach]

I'm not mad!

[not_a_rock]

Good!

Are you new? I do not recognize your voice, little one.

[fidbadach]

Kinda! Cause I was here before but then I went back. But now I'm back here again. So kinda. I'm Niamh!