[IC] Myriad Reality

[Valiance]

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And as long as you don’t see me as a monster now, that’s good enough for me.
*Retrieves the map*

@Artifact

To be absolutely blunt? I think I already have seen you at your lowest point. You’re not losing me that easily at this point.

[Memory]

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I think that is even above my pay grade... i'm just one tiny subset of infinity... even just saying that feels meaningless. But...

Have you heard the tale of the human Georg Cantor? You probably haven't he's - well was - a human scientist from Benjamin's home world...

he tried understanding infinity, and it drove him mad...

@Interface 2

How could that be above you? Aren’t you infinite? Aren’t all infinities infinity?

[Artifact]

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To be absolutely blunt? I think I already have seen you at your lowest point. You’re not losing me that easily at this point.

@Valiance

*Pauses and looks up from the map, narrowing my eyes*
...I won’t contest that.
*Looks back down*

[Etcetera]

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Well the first option lends credence to what I was trying to get at. But who would he be trying to spite?

@Stratocracy

All the ones who cared for me back then. Who else?

[Valiance]

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*Pauses and looks up from the map, narrowing my eyes*
...I won’t contest that.
*Looks back down*

@Artifact

It’s not worth feeling bad about. You’re in such a better place now than when you were fighting for that fake army. It shows.

[Stratocracy]

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All the ones who cared for me back then. Who else?

@Etcetera

If it was in spite for them, do you think growing to be someone they care about once more would hage an effect?

[Artifact]

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It’s not worth feeling bad about. You’re in such a better place now than when you were fighting for that fake army. It shows.

@Valiance

There was a sense of purpose that came with it. But you’re right, better two people I can rely on than a thousand waiting to stab me in the back.

[Etcetera]

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If it was in spite for them, do you think growing to be someone they care about once more would hage an effect?

@Stratocracy

*Thinks about it, clearly displeased with some of the implications*
That would be great for you, huh?

[Valiance]

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There was a sense of purpose that came with it. But you’re right, better two people I can rely on than a thousand waiting to stab me in the back.

@Artifact

And a purpose that truly belongs to yourself, and that has a noble cause to boot.

[Artifact]

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And a purpose that truly belongs to yourself, and that has a noble cause to boot.

@Valiance

Eventually. I don’t like playing the pawn of that dragon god and wiping up these minions.

[Interface 2]

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How could that be above you? Aren’t you infinite? Aren’t all infinities infinity?

@Memory

That answer definitely tells me you don't know that scientist, or any similar ones... hmmm... All i can say, for your sake, is don't go there. I don't go there, truly! I am infinite, but there are infinities far greater than even i...

[Stratocracy]

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*Thinks about it, clearly displeased with some of the implications*
That would be great for you, huh?

@Etcetera

I think you’ve got to stop thinking about it in terms of me. I could have left a while ago by now, never confronted you, and likely would have never had to meet you face to face at any point again in the future. And my life would be unchanged. For me? None of this is about me. It never was. Only one of us standing here matters right now, and it’s not me.

[Valiance]

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Eventually. I don’t like playing the pawn of that dragon god and wiping up these minions.

@Artifact

My point still stands. I’ve seen you at your lowest. You’re in a much better place now, in nearly every way. And as long as you continue to strive to be better, you should feel no shame in who you are.

[Etcetera]

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I think you’ve got to stop thinking about it in terms of me. I could have left a while ago by now, never confronted you, and likely would have never had to meet you face to face at any point again in the future. And my life would be unchanged. For me? None of this is about me. It never was. Only one of us standing here matters right now, and it’s not me.

@Stratocracy

If I could turn back time, that would not make him regret or hate me. I need more.

[Stratocracy]

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If I could turn back time, that would not make him regret or hate me. I need more.

@Etcetera

You said you feel part of him bonded to yourself. You have no way to tap into that, and feel it out at all?

[Artifact]

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My point still stands. I’ve seen you at your lowest. You’re in a much better place now, in nearly every way. And as long as you continue to strive to be better, you should feel no shame in who you are.

@Valiance

...
*Smiles at the comment*
Never change, okay? Who knows where I'd be if someone else had challenged me back then?
*Rolls up the map and puts it away*

[Etcetera]

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You said you feel part of him bonded to yourself. You have no way to tap into that, and feel it out at all?

@Stratocracy

Not that quick. I need to think on it.

[Stratocracy]

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Not that quick. I need to think on it.

@Etcetera

*Smiles heartwarmingly, ever so slightly*
You know, I’m glad you’re thinking this through with me. It does show a lot of strength.

[Valiance]

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...
*Smiles at the comment*
Never change, okay? Who knows where I'd be if someone else had challenged me back then?
*Rolls up the map and puts it away*

@Artifact

*Chuckles*
You’d have cleaned house. We tackling a third one?

[Memory]

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That answer definitely tells me you don't know that scientist, or any similar ones... hmmm... All i can say, for your sake, is don't go there. I don't go there, truly! I am infinite, but there are infinities far greater than even i...

@Interface 2

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense to me at all.