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[leitstern]

𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝓂𝒶𝓎.

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁𝓈𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃. 𝐸𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝐸𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝒷𝓊𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓈 𝓊𝓅𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒.

𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓂 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝒯𝒽𝓊𝓈 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃:

𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒻𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝒾𝓁?

𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁: 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒. 𝒩𝑜𝓌 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓀𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃 𝓋𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝒷𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒.

𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝒹.

𝐻𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒.

Comments

[invicto]

A long time ago there were different beliefs, depending on your species, your culture. That's no longer the case.

We don't believe in anything, where I'm from. When people die, they simply cease to exist. That's what I think happens, anyway.

[leitstern]

𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈.

𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹?

[invicto]

Nothing changed my mind, this is what I've always thought to be true. Me and anyone else from my world. Any kind of religion or spiritual belief has been long dead, and I've never had reason to question whether something like that might be real.

[leitstern]

𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓊𝓅𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓋𝑒, 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 "𝑔𝑜𝒹𝓈".

[invicto]

I think it does, yes. But I expect some of the other Summoned here might feel differently. Even in my reality, there are other species, on other planets, who are still tied firmly to religious or spiritual concepts.

I'll be honest, I don't really get it. Believing in something you can't see, something that isn't tangible. But I've always been more pragmatic than anything.

[leitstern]

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝒸.

𝐼𝒻 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉?

[invicto]

That's what I think, anyway.

I assume it's the same with you, given your approach to the subject. Is that the norm where you're from, or are there other, more prevailing beliefs?

[leitstern]

𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉. 𝐼 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓇𝒾𝒸 𝒸𝑜𝒹𝑒: 𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝒻 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒.

[invicto]

Damn. Yeah, I'd say. At least in my world, that notion's been dead and buried for a long while.

[ But that does tend to happen in a totalitarian oppressive regime. Not that James will ever share as much about his reality. ]

[leitstern]

𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒?

[invicto]

Centuries ago. Almost a thousand years, actually. But it was also a time when women were burned at the stake for witchcraft, so you kind of have to pick and choose what was good about it all.

[leitstern]

𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈, 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒. 𝒩𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓈𝑒. 𝒩𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝒹𝓂𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔.

𝒜𝓃𝒹, 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒, 𝒾𝒻 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁.

[invicto]

I guess those are concerns that tend to tie down humans more than anyone else. But believe me, other species have their own stupid shit they believe in.

[leitstern]

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝓇, 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹.

[He writes diplomatically.]

[invicto]

[ Diplomatic my ass. ]

And by that I'll assume you're not human.