alethiological: (Alse Young (d. 1647))
Willard H. Wright ([personal profile] alethiological) wrote in [community profile] balance_logs 2019-06-14 02:06 am (UTC)

[ Maybe not entirely over, because there's a moment where there's visible reflex of answering 'yep, i believe you' and then fucking off to finish whatever he came back to the Codfather for.

Instead, there is a moment of silence. Even if it helped him edge off the suicidal bits, that was still breaking a personal rule. Just giving him a 'yes' after that kind of cruelty is Wrong. It's not an equivalent secret. But human souls Work differently - explaining it in a way that's 'understood' is translating something Beyond Words. Painting the Mona Lisa on a stamp, while blindfolded, and also the Mona Lisa is trying to sell you some weird diamond-bedazzled satuette of herself. The statuette is also a bird whistle.

That metaphor got a bit away from us, sorry. The narrative blames Da Vinci. ]


I concede to willpower. Don't care for what you believe - only how strongly you believe in it.

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