So the tenants of your salamander god do not prevent a little fun now and again. Good to know. I grew concerned when I saw we were being rated on chastity and temperance.
I don't think the idea of a second chance is to become someone heroic. There's a middle ground between a hero and someone who's just... better than they used to be.
Well, for that one, it wasn't about you at all. People were picked at random. That's why it's a let down.
[ but they do think about how to answer the general view of it ]
For me, I like the idea of giving people a chance at a future they might not have otherwise. The point is to give you that option, instead of casting judgment immediately once someone dies.
You're not wrong about that. [ awful people, they mean, and they sound a little dry. but they shake their head; ]
It doesn't have to be another chance if you don't want it. It's just one of the options. The idea is if it works now, it'd be in place for everyone. Blameless or not.
[ they seem to be just looking at shadowheart for a long while ]
I lost everything once. [ there's an odd emphasis on everything, and they lean back ] And then again. And again. Sometimes it felt like all I did was lose what mattered to me. I told you, I like the idea of people getting a future when they didn't initially.
Even if you don't, getting a chance at paradise instead of being kicked out before getting to know why isn't too terrible, maybe. [ they do not sound like they care too much about paradise, which is funny for an angel in heaven. ] What would you want your future to have?
Of course it did. I literally spent it in service of a cause. But I also was plagued by doubts, or unreadiness, and I want to - either quell those doubts, or find something else to place meaning in.
I don't think sacrifices are ever meant to be easy. [ they say sacrifice like they kind of hate the word, though. ] Especially if they're personal ones.
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[ unless they are nerds... ]
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[ they do not seem bothered by their f in chastity... ]
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I won't say the entire "redemption" concept sits easily with me. I've always been taught that there's virtue in looking out for yourself first.
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What I mean to say is, I know I'm not the heroic sort, but I've never felt any need to apologize for it.
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I don't think the idea of a second chance is to become someone heroic. There's a middle ground between a hero and someone who's just... better than they used to be.
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[ but they do think about how to answer the general view of it ]
For me, I like the idea of giving people a chance at a future they might not have otherwise. The point is to give you that option, instead of casting judgment immediately once someone dies.
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[hmmm.]
But why should redemption be tied to another chance at life? Plenty of blameless people die every day, and awful people live a long life.
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It doesn't have to be another chance if you don't want it. It's just one of the options. The idea is if it works now, it'd be in place for everyone. Blameless or not.
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[but she sighs.]
Don't get me wrong. I want to go back. I just don't understand why you're doing this.
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I lost everything once. [ there's an odd emphasis on everything, and they lean back ] And then again. And again. Sometimes it felt like all I did was lose what mattered to me. I told you, I like the idea of people getting a future when they didn't initially.
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[well, that seems candid. a little surprised at getting such a direct and personal answer.]
I don't dislike that idea, either. I do want to have a future.
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[that's a very tough question to answer.]
Meaning.
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[ and, after a brief pause; ]
You don't have to answer if you don't want to or don't know.
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[ first, but; ]
You doubted your cause, then?
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I think I found it personally difficult to make the sacrifices required, even though I was told many times that it ought to be easier than it was.
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