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Aegon "Jon Snow" Targaryen ([personal profile] northerndragon) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2022-11-26 10:12 pm

To: everyone (a few days after all arrivals)

[Jon writes in a very fine hand, but to many, it will seem archaic.]

I would like to speak on duty, if you will.

What does duty mean to you, if it means anything at all?
How do you know what your duty is?
How do you know when you have done it, or failed to do it?

If it doesn't matter to you, why doesn't it matter?
If it does, why then?

I seek to learn from my fellows.

— Jon Snow, of Thorne
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[personal profile] ordinar 2022-11-27 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Duty is something that's imposed on you.

You follow it because you feel like you owe it to someone. You can choose to ignore your duty, yeah, but it comes at the cost of disappointing people who are counting on you.
Edited 2022-11-27 15:51 (UTC)