[ He tenses, sensing that he's touched on something as he hoped he might.
Coming across sincerely is not a struggle, however... as it's an admission that he truly feels is real. ]
Just pay attention to the world around you. I've probably met a dozen people by now who remember their deaths in detail. The few of us who have "returned home" during their stay claim they have no recollection of this place while they're gone. We're constantly plagued by personal demons and memories that a computer intelligence gathering people from every conceivable place in time and space should have no way of invoking!
[ At least, not unless they pull magic into the equation and that's too outside of his wheelhouse to think about. Because most of all— ]
I could have died at any moment before I arrived here. The radiation was beating me down and it would have continued until there was nothing left. Am I really supposed to think that I'm alone in this? Me and these other dozen people?
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Coming across sincerely is not a struggle, however... as it's an admission that he truly feels is real. ]
Just pay attention to the world around you. I've probably met a dozen people by now who remember their deaths in detail. The few of us who have "returned home" during their stay claim they have no recollection of this place while they're gone. We're constantly plagued by personal demons and memories that a computer intelligence gathering people from every conceivable place in time and space should have no way of invoking!
[ At least, not unless they pull magic into the equation and that's too outside of his wheelhouse to think about. Because most of all— ]
I could have died at any moment before I arrived here. The radiation was beating me down and it would have continued until there was nothing left. Am I really supposed to think that I'm alone in this? Me and these other dozen people?
[ What makes the living Chosen so special? ]