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[virginprice]

You are very kind to think of me, truly, but I would rather stay where you found me.

It is impossible to avoid your knowledge of my ultimate fate, and I would rather spend my last months with Anafiel than be torn off to some strange world where I know nothing and no one. I know that your kind has the reputation of cruelty, but I beg of you. Do not do this thing. I would rather die with him than live without him.

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[virginprice]

You are ensconced in a world, if nothing else. That usually means they like you.

[secondborn]

Oh, I know she's not planning on getting rid of me any time soon. It's what she plans on doing to me that worries me.

[virginprice]

Our creators are cruel. [His hand goes to his stomach involuntarily.]

[secondborn]

Yes, they can be.

[virginprice]

But they're also our only hope of happiness.

[secondborn]

[He sighs, running his hand through his hair.]

Yes, they are.

[virginprice]

It is a puzzle from which I think there is no escaping. Not for us and those like us.

[secondborn]

It would be easier if it made more sense.

Or maybe it wouldn't, but I'd be more satisfied if it were more clear.

[virginprice]

Not everything becomes easier when it makes sense. The weight of knowledge is heavier than nigh on anything else.

[secondborn]

I suppose it would be.

I think I'd still like to know, though.

[virginprice]

Oh, well, I can hardly fault you for curiosity. It is one of my besetting sins, too.

[secondborn]

Isn't everyone curious, though? I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be.

[virginprice]

Some people care for little beyond their own lives.

[secondborn]

...I have noticed that.

[virginprice]

I do not think they should be faulted for that. It is just who they are, after all.

[secondborn]

What if they endanger others though? By negligence or through the active persecution of others for their own gain?

[virginprice]

Then they should be faulted for those sins. It is possible to be concerned primarily with your own life and yet be harmless or even good-natured.

[secondborn]

[Well gosh if you're going to be reasonable about it.]

I suppose.

[virginprice]

[He can't help it, it's a character flaw.]

I suppose it is also reasonable to dislike someone because they can't see past their own noses.