[ even if he did she would be like umm... did you try unplugging it... and plugging it back in... that always works for me... ]
Oh, he always answers me when I ask. I just don't fully understand, so I don't want to distract him too much making him try to figure out how to explain it to me.
[ you give me retconned singed and orianna lore. in this, mine own house?? i typed that and then got to the glorious evolution subtitles and forgot everything else. anyway.
she comes from a world where civilians are all bipedal animals so she's just like "oh no that very tall man looks unwell!" ]
Was that... someone in your care? [ PART OF YOUR CULT that she doesn't even think of as a cult probably ]
[Wednesday is in a family cult maybe. Are the four Firsts all in some kind of bizarre form of cult? That's crazy.]
I had made substantial progress. However... I am not sure what happened to him or that progress once I had been killed. Perhaps the doctor was right; the whole commune collapsed.
It looks like you might have outgrown needing one. [ and she can kind of guess that his personal research had a good intention in it somewhere. but mutation is a concerning term. ] A mentor shouldn't try so hard to steer your path.
anyway she really doesn't feel qualified to give that much input on the situation. she's used to working with... quite a bit more information through the sisterhood's intel network. and doesn't like to pass judgment on what she doesn't understand.
still, she has pretty strong feelings about mentors, given sensei's role in kivotos. ]
Maybe so. But a good mentor is just someone who keeps you on your feet. Maybe you'll come around to what he's said eventually, but you still need to get their in your own time. You still have to make your own decisions, just—with the knowledge that someone is there for you.
I left his... [He's not sure what to call it. Unofficial tutelage? Friendship...?] ...side when I was still a boy.
He had already been working on the prototype for what happened to the man you saw. On an animal in the sewers I helped him care for. I didn't like it, so I never spoke to him again for a long time.
The other mentor I had after was the dean of the academy and a council member. But Jayce and I were too stubborn and insistent on our dream of which he was wary. So we all came to a disagreement, and Jayce sought a vote to remove and exile him.
[ sometimes you're just a guy who's gonna help noxus strategically firebomb an entire squad of of their own soldiers... or a guy who already did that... or maybe that's not going to happen anymore... STARES INTO THE SUN ABOUT IT. ]
But it sort of sounds like they were just continuing on with their own plans rather than thinking about yours.
They have their own way of viewing the world, their own goals. I suppose one did not have the option to think of mine when it was rooted in the emotional, and the other was wary of radical ideas.
Is there a reason it bothers you as much as it does?
[ it's fine, but everyone must endure my loud suffering. ]
I'm lucky enough to have a really great mentor. Someone who backs up their students but lets them make their own mistakes and their own choices. Sometimes I feel like Kivotos would fall into ruin without them. Actually, it almost did...
I don't like to think of where we would be without them.
... And as Sisters, we're meant to offer counselling services... But it isn't something I'm very good at, yet.
I think you do a fine job. You may be more needed on the other side actually. I suppose you would have been able to speak to them if not for the disruption.
My duty was always going to be to this side, first and foremost. I suppose if no one had come to need caring for here, I could have tried to make myself useful over there.
But if things did still play out the same, I would be too busy here.
[ she gives a thoughtful little nod at that. ] Thank you. I try to... But that isn't always what people need. I can offer services. I can offer resources. I can offer hope. But—advice and true counselling is still beyond me.
I don't think so. You are closer to it than you give yourself credit for. You have offered me counsel while I have been here.
[The optimism wasn't always logical - to his addled Hexcore brain - but it was encouraging.]
I don't see any reason your optimism wouldn't be something someone needed regardless of whatever problem they may be facing. Kiraman and I are those who look for reasonable solutions, and even though our goal is compassion, many find us... cold and callous in our process.
Just because you have the path of answers [them, advice] doesn't mean it's what is best for those suffering.
[Not to diminish her worries.]
But I understand... your reservations. "Everyone has their own strengths," mm?
But I wonder how much counsel you really need. You seem... not sure of yourself, exactly. But steady enough. Dedicated to your beliefs.
[ and she also just doesn't really see herself as capable of counselling an adult. adults are mysterious and unknowable. anyway, she smiles brightly. ]
For the record, I don't find the two of you cold or callous at all. You're far too helpful for that. But I'm happy if you think of us as a balanced team! That just means we all need to work together.
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Oh, he always answers me when I ask. I just don't fully understand, so I don't want to distract him too much making him try to figure out how to explain it to me.
We all have our own strengths.
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I understand. There isn't anything wrong with different strengths.
[Thankfully for the nice little reflective fountain, she can have a concerning memory....]
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she comes from a world where civilians are all bipedal animals so she's just like "oh no that very tall man looks unwell!" ]
Was that... someone in your care? [ PART OF YOUR CULT that she doesn't even think of as a cult probably ]
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Also wow! Now there are memories! That's great. He glances at his hands thoughtfully. SHE DOESN'T THINK OF IT AS A CULT.]
Yes. His... daughters wanted me to help him.
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[ be more concerned about the glorious evolution. ]
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The man I was speaking to had... altered him. His former consciousness was lost beneath an animalistic nature.
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Like a corrupted Mystic... Were you able to help him?
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I had made substantial progress. However... I am not sure what happened to him or that progress once I had been killed. Perhaps the doctor was right; the whole commune collapsed.
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That man... What did he want? [ she vaguely saw his? daughter? maybe? ]
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[The recollection makes him frown.]
He was appealing to my compassion so I would help him complete a better form of his mutation which would, in turn, benefit his personal research.
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[ hm... ]
It looks like you might have outgrown needing one. [ and she can kind of guess that his personal research had a good intention in it somewhere. but mutation is a concerning term. ] A mentor shouldn't try so hard to steer your path.
Only help you to right yourself when you stumble.
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He is a pragmatic man. His teachings are usually a bitter and hard pill to swallow.
[Boy did he swallow that last pill.]
Somehow, he always seems right in the end.
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anyway she really doesn't feel qualified to give that much input on the situation. she's used to working with... quite a bit more information through the sisterhood's intel network. and doesn't like to pass judgment on what she doesn't understand.
still, she has pretty strong feelings about mentors, given sensei's role in kivotos. ]
Maybe so. But a good mentor is just someone who keeps you on your feet. Maybe you'll come around to what he's said eventually, but you still need to get their in your own time. You still have to make your own decisions, just—with the knowledge that someone is there for you.
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He had already been working on the prototype for what happened to the man you saw. On an animal in the sewers I helped him care for. I didn't like it, so I never spoke to him again for a long time.
The other mentor I had after was the dean of the academy and a council member. But Jayce and I were too stubborn and insistent on our dream of which he was wary. So we all came to a disagreement, and Jayce sought a vote to remove and exile him.
[Sorry to Heimerdinger who was RIGHT.]
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... It sounds like neither of them were really there to guide you down your path.
Did either of them truly help you?
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In their own ways, perhaps both.
[He twines the fingers of each hand together between his knees.]
I wouldn't discount the things I did learn from either of them.
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But it sort of sounds like they were just continuing on with their own plans rather than thinking about yours.
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YOUR LORE SUFFERING IS FUNNY BUT ALSO NOT.]
Yes, maybe so.
They have their own way of viewing the world, their own goals. I suppose one did not have the option to think of mine when it was rooted in the emotional, and the other was wary of radical ideas.
Is there a reason it bothers you as much as it does?
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I'm lucky enough to have a really great mentor. Someone who backs up their students but lets them make their own mistakes and their own choices. Sometimes I feel like Kivotos would fall into ruin without them. Actually, it almost did...
I don't like to think of where we would be without them.
... And as Sisters, we're meant to offer counselling services... But it isn't something I'm very good at, yet.
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I think you do a fine job. You may be more needed on the other side actually. I suppose you would have been able to speak to them if not for the disruption.
But you have an unflinching optimism.
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But if things did still play out the same, I would be too busy here.
[ she gives a thoughtful little nod at that. ] Thank you. I try to... But that isn't always what people need. I can offer services. I can offer resources. I can offer hope. But—advice and true counselling is still beyond me.
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[The optimism wasn't always logical - to his addled Hexcore brain - but it was encouraging.]
I don't see any reason your optimism wouldn't be something someone needed regardless of whatever problem they may be facing. Kiraman and I are those who look for reasonable solutions, and even though our goal is compassion, many find us... cold and callous in our process.
Just because you have the path of answers [them, advice] doesn't mean it's what is best for those suffering.
[Not to diminish her worries.]
But I understand... your reservations. "Everyone has their own strengths," mm?
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[ and she also just doesn't really see herself as capable of counselling an adult. adults are mysterious and unknowable. anyway, she smiles brightly. ]
For the record, I don't find the two of you cold or callous at all. You're far too helpful for that. But I'm happy if you think of us as a balanced team! That just means we all need to work together.
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Things will work out. There is always progress and everything always moves forward. Failure comes from not adapting.
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[ :unsure: SHE'LL TAKE THAT AS OPTIMISM. SURE!!! ]
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