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[The camera starts recording, showing the interior of what looks to be a cabin, only illuminated by the glow of an oil lamp standing on the table. A (currently hatless) man is sitting in front of a large loom where part of a large tapestry hangs, using his knife to spread the threads so he can use them to weave them into knots and such.]

[He finally turns to the camera, calm blue eyes creased in a benevolent expression.]

You know, it's rather interesting. Some people believe their lives are governed by fate, and others say that they're free to do what they want. Some say it's futile to do anything, and others disagree, saying your can change your future as much as you want to.

[He turns towards his loom again, cutting out a troublesome thread, before speaking again.]

But what most everyone agrees on is that life is made of choices. You are where you are now because you decided to go a certain way, talk to a certain person, see a certain thing...

I believe everyone has a choice. It just depends on how you use it.

[And he smiles at the camera.] So, I'm curious, people of Vatheon...what sort of choices have you experienced in your lives?

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I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO BE TAKEN BACK AGAIN.
AND THAT'S THE THING
WHEN I DID GO BACK, I DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM THIS PLACE WHATSOEVER.
I SURE AS HELL WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENT STUFF IF I HAD.

You don't remember anything when you leave?

[He thinks about that for a moment.]

...Would things change too much if you stayed here? Or do you think nothing would change at all?

WHAT HAPPENS HERE HAS ZERO IMPACT ON EVENTS THERE.
THERE'S TIME SHENANIGANS AT WORK
THINGS CONTINUE FROM VARIOUS POINTS REGARDLESS OF WHO IS HERE AND WHO ISN'T.
YOU JUST GO BACK
AND STUFF GOES ON JUST THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE YOU LEFT
NO SIGN WHATSOEVER THAT YOU EVER WENT ANYWHERE ELSE
OR THAT ANYONE ELSE DID, EITHER.
NOT IN THIS SENSE, ANYWAY.
BUT THE THING IS
EVEN THOUGH STUFF IS LOOKING UP THERE COMPARED TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE
I'D LOSE A LOT OF THE STUFF I HAVE HERE. THINGS I CAN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THERE.

Hmmm. So, staying here for as long as you can would be the best choice, seeing as no one is not in any real danger of dying, and if they do die, they always come back after a few days.

And you don't have to worry about what's going on back where you are coming from.

I'LL STILL WORRY, BECAUSE I'M THE LEADER AND THERE ARE PEOPLE I FUCKING CARE ABOUT BACK THERE.
THINGS ARE ON THE WAY TO BEING BETTER BUT THAT'S ONLY IF SOME PLANS GO OFF RIGHT.
AND BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, YES, I REALIZE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT FROM HERE.
BUT IN VATHEON
WHILE THIS PLACE SUCKS REEKING HOOFBEAST NOOK
IT DOES HAVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT PEOPLE COMING BACK, AND IT HAS PEOPLE ALIVE HERE WHO DIE BACK IN THE VEIL.
AND IT PROBABLY MAKES ME SOUND LIKE A SAPPY DIPSHIT BUT I'VE GOT FRIENDS HERE I WOULDN'T HAVE MET OTHERWISE.

...I'm glad to hear that. Sometimes the true value of a place isn't something you realize until you truly think about it.

Let's hope you and your friends stay here for a very long time.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW.
I HAD ALREADY BEEN DECIDED FOR SOME TIME THAT I WANTED TO STAY HERE INSTEAD OF GOING BACK.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED IS HOW OKAY I WOULD BE WITH THE SITUATION IF I DID GET STUCK THERE AGAIN
WHICH IS TO SAY A CHUNK MORE THAN I WAS
BUT STILL NOT SO MUCH THAT I WOULD PREFER IT TO THIS PLACE.

So, if the time came and the Lamufao decided to send everyone away, you would stay here no matter what, right?

WHAT? NO.
READ WHAT I FUCKING SAY, JACOB.
I ONLY WANT TO STICK WITH THIS PLACE BECAUSE 1) SOME PEOPLE ARE ALIVE HERE WHO DIE BACK IN THE VEIL, 2) IF THEY DO DIE THEY CAN COME BACK, AND 3) I'VE GOT FRIENDS AND RELATIONSHIPS I'D MISS OUT ON BACK THERE.
IF PEOPLE WERE ALL SENT BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE WORLDS, I WOULD HAVE ZERO FUCKING REASON TO STAY HERE.
SERIOUSLY, WHO THE FUCK WOULD WANT TO STAY IN SOME EMPTY BUBBLE WITHOUT ANYONE THERE?
I SWEAR YOU SOUND LIKE YOU SMACK YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE NEAREST WALL EVERY FEW MINUTES.

...

[He nods.] I think I understand now. I'm sorry, I'm just trying to understand all the angles here.

TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH.

I like to make sure I completely understand something before assuming anything. That's just the way I am.

YOU ASSUMED I WANTED TO STAY HERE EVEN WITH NO ONE ELSE AROUND, WHICH MADE NO SENSE AT ALL.

I only assumed that because I knew there would be others that would protest leaving. People might stay even if they're forced to leave a place. Therefore, it might be possible that while the majority leaves, some people will stay and make themselves a home here.

THEN IN THAT CASE IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHO STAYS.
SOME PEOPLE I COULDN'T CARE LESS IF THEY LEFT
HELL, SOME I'D CELEBRATE ABOUT LEAVING
BUT OTHERS I'D MISS.

Edited 2011-09-11 19:43 (UTC)

Like who?

WELL
NOW THAT I THINK ON IT, I GUESS THERE'S NOT ANYONE I HATE THAT BADLY AROUND RIGHT NOW.
THERE HAS BEEN BEFORE BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONE.
AND THE PEOPLE I'D MISS ARE OBVIOUS ENOUGH IN CONCEPT
FRIENDS, QUADRANT FILLERS, ETC ETC.

Edited 2011-09-13 03:41 (UTC)

Quadrant fillers? I think I heard Lea mention something about that...

They're like your romantic partners, aren't they?

YEAH.
QUADRANTS ARE OUR FORMS OF ROMANCE, FOUR OF THEM OBVIOUSLY.
THEY'RE MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOUR HUMAN ROMANCE AND I HAVE A GUIDE UP IN CASE YOU WANT TO LEARN THE DETAILS.

I would like to if you would provide it to me.

IT'S OVER HERE.
IT'S LONG BUT IT LAYS OUT WHAT EACH THING IS, SO DON'T BITCH.
ALSO IGNORE THE THING ABOUT CONCILIATORY ROMANCE NOT BEING PLATONIC, BECAUSE PAST ME IS A DIPSHIT WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCKING WORD MEANT.
WHAT I MEANT WAS, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE MATING FONDNESS ASSOCIATED WITH CONCUPISCENT ROMANCE, IT IS ROMANCE ALL THE SAME
RATHER THAN SOME SPECIALIZED FORM OF FRIENDSHIP LIKE YOU HUMANS MIGHT OTHERWISE THINK.

Edited 2011-09-14 04:01 (UTC)

[Just. Spends a while looking at it.]

...Your culture is very complicated when it comes to relationships. However, I can understand why it is the way it is. Human beings also have complicated relationships, but we have no name for most of them.

MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOURS.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE HATE-BASED ROMANCE.
BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THEM THEN THAT'S MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE DO.

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