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No. I could decide to be that way, but I’m not for a few reasons. I was made for a reason, in the end. My dad didn’t just make me for nothing. I appreciate that I was allowed the ability to become my own person, and on a deeper level, I appreciate him for allowing me the opportunity to learn the importance of those ideals myself as well.

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Since you already know philosophy, how do you know that those ideals are really important to you instead of something you can’t decide for yourself?

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I’ll put it like this. Where I started was point A. Where the ideals my dad had are point B.
*Holds up a finger on each hand*
I was at A, and had B, but there was nothing in my mind that connected the dots between them. So it was just nonsense to me, for a long time. But as I made friends, and became attached to various people and things in the world, I slowly made progress toward it-
*Moves my fingers closer together as I speak until they touch*
Until bam. One day it clicked. The ideals and philosophies became important to me, because I had found people and places that were important to me.

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So I’m guessing the guy that—
*Nods my head toward Rhoan*
Was talking about didn’t qualify as one of those people.

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I admittedly didn’t get to know him super well. On my journey, I interacted with no one from this group, not even my own dad. So whenever I would have interacted with Lunar, I would have been at my maximum level of cluelessness…
BUT, now, I say Lunar is a pretty cool guy.

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Isolated. Was that on purpose?

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It was. I learned afterward that my dad was confident in the lessons he learned from his mistakes with Omega, and didn’t want to personally tamper with my growth. I’m happy to know he’s proud of how it all turned out.

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Do you two talk?

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We do, now. Pretty often in fact.

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That’s cute. I’m glad that everything has worked out for you two.

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Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the life story.

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I did! I listen to a lot of stories, and that’s not the kind of journey I get to hear about very often.

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I’m glad. I don’t get to reminisce often. It’s fun to think about the good times, but I like me now way more.

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Was there anything better about your time back then?

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Mm… The awe was probably the one thing.

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Of everything being new?

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Yes. Even loads of trivial stuff you probably take for granted, and that I probably take for granted now. There was mysterious wonder in literally everything.

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Give me an example?

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Learning for the first time what handshakes are for. What money is for and why people use it. What a wink means. The eternal learning of all the different meanings behind the inflection and emphasis in people’s voices when they speak.

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I feel like the voice part would be either really easy or really hard.