Yatagarasu

Myriad Reality

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That's a cop out answer—what do you really feel?

@Host

It is how I really feel. I'd love any version of you that was actually you. By which I mean Techi is excluded. Stratus and Nimbus are you, so I love them automatically. It helps that they're very lovable by themselves too, but that's a trait you have in spades so it makes sense that they'd have it too.

Myriad Reality

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*Motions the pizza stone toward you*
Hey, how long has it been since you visited Stratus and Nimbus? You're still into those two, right?

@Host

*Grabs a large plate for it*
It's been quite some time, but yes. I love every part of you, of course.

Myriad Reality

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*Pokes my head out a few minutes later*
Hey, it's ready. Give me a hand, kay?

@Host

Will do.
*Walks in to help*

Myriad Reality

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All that said, I’ll try to avoid burning the place down again.
*Walks back to the kitchen*

@Host

Heh, thanks.

Myriad Reality

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True that. Not limited to humans either.

@Host

Right.

Myriad Reality

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*Laughs*
Many of those same humans would call me empty and fake.

@Host

Maybe, but we both know humans are idiots.

Myriad Reality

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Which is a kinda depressing way of looking at it.

@Host

That's part of why I love you. You don't have any anymore. You're real, to borrow the way some humans think.

Myriad Reality

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Mechanics are at least consistent. Mortals are far from it.

@Host

Heh, it's all programing in the end.

Myriad Reality

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Your insect hives make much more sense to me. All of them collaborate, working together toward a common goal. Isn't that the best way to get anything done?

@Host

Even they are ruled by a single queen. They're also without individuality. Sure, working together works wonders, but there's always a leader of some kind. And when there isn't, those who believe themselves to be one work to destroy that unity. The Tower of Babel is a good example. The one with power was threatened by the unity of those without, so it broke that unity.

*Sighs happily* This sort of thing is what makes mortals so fascinating, and part of why I went down the path of biology more than mechanics.

Myriad Reality

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Is it? I'll never understand your species' obsession with hierarchies. Or any of the others'.

@Host

I dunno if I have a "species" at this point, but yeah. The innate desire to rule or be ruled is strong in most living things. To quote a once-wise man, "All creatures want to believe in something bigger than themselves. They cannot live without blind obedience. And to escape the pressure of that trust, those in whom faith is placed in turn look for someone higher than themselves. And then those people in turn look for someone even stronger. That is how all Kings are born. That is how all Gods are born."

Out of all my lost memories, that one stays strong.