...I don't know that I can, for sure. At least, in my memory... I was told my feelings for someone were scripted and planned. And I was certainly manipulated into some things, by how they fed us memories at particular points.
Well, I like to think everything I feel and decide now is my own will, but... what does that even mean, really?
[hope Shrike wanted an afternoon interlude of existential horror over the bond. It's low-key, at least; Glory has this in the background all the time, and there's only so long a person can feel that before it hits a kind of dull acceptance]
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softlyfalling) wrote2020-05-10 12:18 pm
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...I wonder if you can really compare a person and a place, though.
Or at least, even if your history was constructed... you can know that the things you feel are real?
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Well, I like to think everything I feel and decide now is my own will, but... what does that even mean, really?
[hope Shrike wanted an afternoon interlude of existential horror over the bond. It's low-key, at least; Glory has this in the background all the time, and there's only so long a person can feel that before it hits a kind of dull acceptance]
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and also it still counts for points! ]
Mm... I guess it's hard to say. If being real is "being like something should be," or if it's something you decide internally...
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There's not really anything else to do about it, though...
[TIME TO HEAD INTO THE CAFE]
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...ah, I guess.
Maybe the real question is whether it actually matters.
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[cake soothes all existential dread]
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I hope I didn't... ruin the day, or anything.
[ worry worry worry worry
but also looking forward to chocolate. ]