Like a pillar... You must have come from chaotic times.
[Said the robot to the mask. It's debatable whether either of them have really changed expression since the start of this conversation........]
From chaos may come order, is that right? You've placed quite the task before a group of people who are largely strangers to each other. This is about how you all expected this to go, isn't it? [it's not accusing, just matter-of-fact, because that's how Merriment presented it] But you seem to want something more from it.
Yes. Where I came from, I was born and ruled in a period of unrest--war between two kingdoms. I was the head of a neutral territory, tasked to attempt to find peace between them. So...I suppose you can say I have a bit of experience in this.
[Not exactly what's happening, but something similar, at least.]
What I want...aside from all of us to come to an agreement with one another, is to learn more about ourselves and each other. I know I'm already learning...I hope they are, as well.
My position was not one that I asked for, but since it was one that I had, I wanted to rise to it. I wanted to be...more than just someone with an obligation. So I found reasons worth acting for, and I did everything in my power to live up to it.
[There are many ways in which that wasn't an answer to her question, but she accepts it regardless.
She didn't ask in hopes of getting an answer, anyway.]
To simply do what you are given, be it duty or command, is to be an automaton. Perhaps that's funny, coming from a robot. [a little smile, vague] But we were all created for a purpose. It is simply that some are given purpose and meaning after, while others find meaning before purpose.
Will you see them again? Those who gave you meaning.
[She'll file that away for later. They're still mostly in the dark about how the gods came to be and how they came to be here -- what their future will be like beyond the end of this contest.
It's something to consider, alongside everything else. Her answer to the question, though, is unhesitating.]
Eternity.
The beauty of living things freed from time, and death, and all other constraints that may dim their light. The beauty of infinite possibility.
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[Said the robot to the mask. It's debatable whether either of them have really changed expression since the start of this conversation........]
From chaos may come order, is that right? You've placed quite the task before a group of people who are largely strangers to each other. This is about how you all expected this to go, isn't it? [it's not accusing, just matter-of-fact, because that's how Merriment presented it] But you seem to want something more from it.
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[Not exactly what's happening, but something similar, at least.]
What I want...aside from all of us to come to an agreement with one another, is to learn more about ourselves and each other. I know I'm already learning...I hope they are, as well.
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[There's something quiet and resonant in the question, though she doesn't move from where she's seated.
It's barely louder than the babbling of the water feature near them.]
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[It's the truth.]
My position was not one that I asked for, but since it was one that I had, I wanted to rise to it. I wanted to be...more than just someone with an obligation. So I found reasons worth acting for, and I did everything in my power to live up to it.
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[There are many ways in which that wasn't an answer to her question, but she accepts it regardless.
She didn't ask in hopes of getting an answer, anyway.]
To simply do what you are given, be it duty or command, is to be an automaton. Perhaps that's funny, coming from a robot. [a little smile, vague] But we were all created for a purpose. It is simply that some are given purpose and meaning after, while others find meaning before purpose.
Will you see them again? Those who gave you meaning.
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What do you believe in, Luna, if I may ask?
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It's something to consider, alongside everything else. Her answer to the question, though, is unhesitating.]
Eternity.
The beauty of living things freed from time, and death, and all other constraints that may dim their light. The beauty of infinite possibility.