It will stay between us, then. [He's way closer to Alphinaud than he is to sweet Emet anyway help.] ...But somehow, that feels much, much less surprising than the idea of a utopia persisting. Perhaps there's something sad in that.
'Tis ironic, is it not? Once I would have thought the same, but I've since learned that in a world where man knows not suffering, he cannot possibly learn to cope with it when it eventually dawns upon him.
[If he considers it from the angle Alphinaud presents it at, it makes sense. He's but a simple lad at heart who wishes for the happiness and peace of all, but he's not a child, nor a fool; he understands that life simply doesn't work that way. And if it doesn't, why not prepare for the worst?]
That's quite a way to look at things... Having it pointed out like that, though, I can't say that I disagree.
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sageguidance) wrote2022-06-27 03:24 pm
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It will stay between us, then. [He's way closer to Alphinaud than he is to sweet Emet anyway help.] ...But somehow, that feels much, much less surprising than the idea of a utopia persisting. Perhaps there's something sad in that.
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That's quite a way to look at things... Having it pointed out like that, though, I can't say that I disagree.
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There is no perfection to be found in life.
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...I suppose that it's through the imperfections that we find ourselves and know one another, though.