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[shockinglycool]

By the way, I have a question that's actually critically important! Is it actually weird that I'm seventeen? Do I just kinda give off an air of maturity and wisdom, so it becomes surprising? Actually, I've considered myself an adult since I was thirteen.

[...

...] Hey, I have another question. If your entire life has one purpose, and you fulfill

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[angelic_lawyer]

You find something you want to live for.

[shockinglycool]

That's not enough.

[angelic_lawyer]

What do you think most people do with their lives? They live for something, or they try and find that thing. Otherwise, it's pointless living.

[shockinglycool]

But - it just doesn't seem to be enough. To just stop at "living for." That's just "existing," y'know? I want to be able to do something, to. Do something for them... for anyone. Not just "exist." I just don't know what.

[graspthe_sky]

Hmph.
After having completed the sole purpose for my creation, I am searching for a place to finally rest; to obtain and learn what I had been built to deny.

Yet...

Sudden events can change the course of action for each individual.

[shockinglycool]

...What were you 'built to deny?'

[graspthe_sky]

...In short, anything that was not related to war.

[shockinglycool]

I see. And learning all that new stuff makes you happy, right?

[church_man]

It's not weird, no.

You find new purpose... or you sit around and wait for it to find you. Worked pretty well for me.

[shockinglycool]

Everyone else thinks it's weird.

[...] So what's your new purpose?

[church_man]

I don't, but I guess I don't count for much.

[Locked]

Hm... the one I love. And helping those in need, and all those little things in life that people take for granted. Like the feel of a real bed at night, or a good smoke on a bad day.

[shockinglycool]

So, you think I act my age, or what?

[Locked]

...I see.

[pilot_princess]

[Soft mumbling for a moment.]

I still think it's because you're tall...

Maybe find a new purpose? That's what I'm doing.

[shockinglycool]

It's probably because I'm tall, yeah.

[Brief pause. His tone is careful.] Any luck finding it?

[pilot_princess]

...no, not without Dominic next to me.

But I understand what you said about the battery acid. Ugh.

[shockinglycool]

So it's like... that.

[Almost a laugh.] It's dangerous. Is it just your head, or do you feel sick to your stomach, too?

[prodigal_axe]

Is this about..?

You decide what you want.

[shockinglycool]

Everyone keeps saying that, and I know they're right... but my question is, how do you even decide.

[prodigal_axe]

...

What do you want, that you couldn't have before? In your other life.

[shockinglycool]

I didn't have a life before.

[...] I wasn't unhappy. Don't think that for a second. But everything... was about training for the End of Days. Then when I was thirteen, and found out about the rest... it was about her. I never had any choice, and I never wanted any choice. So when faced with choice...