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[tongueamok]

Hello, this is Carlisle. I mean, it's not Carlisle as in I'm actually answering you right now, so if you're trying to reply to me at the second, you should probably save your breath because I'm not really here. This is some kind of a recording of my voice, but this is my communicator. I'm going to assume these devices are as common here as they are in other places — not my world, but others, ones more technologically advanced than where I come from— so if you'd like to leave me a message, then you may do so here, or er... Right. Here is fine. So just leave yo— [beep]

Comments

[circumitus]

That seems like a liable possibility. Classic case of Stockholm syndrome.

[Assuming that Carlisle knows what that even is. Which he probably doesn't.]

[tongueamok]

Of what?

[That'd be a no.]

oh god that icon killed me and i'm still dying help

[circumitus]

[Typical.]

It's when a captive develops feelings towards their captor, such as trust or fondness or complacency.

In this case, suppose we're expected to be grateful to the gods for extending their 'mercy' towards those of us coming from more shitty circumstances.

I love it. :>

[tongueamok]

I see no reason to be grateful to those who feed on us like cattle.

[circumitus]

Well, you may not, but for others who have nothing to go home to? They're not quite in the same position as you.

[tongueamok]

Are you grateful, then?

[circumitus]

Honestly? Don't really know...

[tongueamok]

You don't know.

Are you afraid of death? Or is this just preferable?

[circumitus]

Am not afraid of dying. Have died plenty of times before coming here not to be bothered by the prospect.

[Lies. All lies.]

Just have personal reasons for not wanting to return home.

[tongueamok]

I see.

I suppose there's no real point in worrying over such things now. With the false gods able to bring back the dead, I expect people will come to prefer enslaved immortality to facing their end.

[Says the guy who is terrified of said end himself, but he has his reasons.]

[circumitus]

[There is a distinct bitterness in her tones when she speaks:] Yes, suppose there is always that.

[A fact that Rey is all too loathe to be reminded herself, as someone who already had no intentions of being brought back the next time she dies.]

[tongueamok]

[Good job bringing up touchy subjects, Carlisle. He hears that shift in her tone.]

On that subject... do you know if they brought back the girl who caused all that, er...

[A pause where he's probably making a vague hand gesture, as though grasping through the air for the word he's missing.]

Mess?

[circumitus]

You mean Sharon?

[Of course. Sigh.]

Don't think so. Not yet, if she ever will be after what happened. [She doesn't sound pleased by this, seeing that she likes Sharon well enough, despite what she did.]

[tongueamok]

I cannot imagine even false gods would be so foolish.

[circumitus]

Can't really blame her for what she did, though.

[Really.]

[tongueamok]

I believe that I can, given what happened.

[circumitus]

Am just saying, it was only a matter of time before one of us would retaliate.

Though admittedly, can't defend jeopardizing the lives of everyone while targeting the one god that can bring people back.

[tongueamok]

Agreed. I am not in support of the false gods, but her desperation could have killed us all.

[circumitus]

So could anything else that ever gets thrown at us. People have died, and they'll likely continue to die for as long as we're here. There is no excusing what she had done, but sometimes it can feel like the only solution to an extreme situation is an extreme course of action.

[tongueamok]

What course of action would you take?

[circumitus]

Honestly, am not really certain. Suppose it would have been better to inform more people ahead of time to be better prepared, perhaps make a group decision. It isn't something that one person should be allowed to decide for everyone.

[tongueamok]

Especially not someone who seems so young and volatile.

[circumitus]

That, too. Have heard that teenagers are more prone to making brash decisions.

[Not like Rey has ever actually been a teenager herself.]

[tongueamok]

Some. And some are just fools their entire lives.

[Carlisle was a teenager once. It was awful.]

[circumitus]

People make mistakes. Am sure she'll be living with hers if Hope decides to bring her back.

["If" being a word that she hates using here.

[Teenage Carlisle though.]