Server

Myriad Reality

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Ummm... that doesn't look like a home... should i be concerned? Orhtrus @Magnanimity?

@The Odeoron

This isn't what it's supposed to look like.

Myriad Reality

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*Keeps on scanning the environment and looks to the fruit for a bit but keeps on following*

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Speaking of... Did you sensed anything at all up to this point Orthrus? Maybe i'm missing something here...

@The Odeoron

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That’s not something I’m unhappy with, as it stands. So don’t cry for me, we still have to finish looking at you.

@Magnanimity

*When we reach minor indicators of civilization, we stumble across a massive sinkhole the size of a small town, with a barely-visible orb of distortion hovering just below ground level*
My home...

Myriad Reality

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...
Certainly not.

@Magnanimity

Oh...
*Nudges a warty, round fruit to the side with my foot*
I'm sorry for you.

Myriad Reality

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It relies on a skill that you'd have to be born with, not taught.

@Magnanimity

And it's not something your father would understand if you told him you wanted to do something else?

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
Our father deems those of us like myself an incredibly rare breed, and a necessary one. And I occupy a spot that could quite literally not be filled.

@Magnanimity

Why not? You can't teach someone?

Myriad Reality

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I would love to be able to say I think it would.

@Magnanimity

Love to, so not that it really would.

Myriad Reality

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Perhaps. But I exist in a space where I have truly unique capabilities to offer the family. In my absence, nothing could work the same.

@Magnanimity

But would it work well enough?

Myriad Reality

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My family and the people of the IA, of course. It never has to be specifically me, I suppose, but if I’m best fit for a role people depend on, who am I to decline?

@Magnanimity

That's one way to look at it. But you could also let someone else get the opportunity to step in if you feel like it's not what you want.

Myriad Reality

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Moreso that there are always more important things to worry about, you know? Responsibility supersedes desire.

@Magnanimity

Who relies on you? If you're responsible, then someone has to be depending on you doing this, right?

Myriad Reality

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I never have really thought about life strictly from the perspective of what I want. It’s an idea I abandoned a long time ago.

@Magnanimity

Giving up on hope, I'm guessing?