to the pleroma (text)

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[ it’s not an intentional attempt at anonymity. dextera just has no experience with this kind of broad communication, and to him, there’s little point in introducing himself anyway. those who have met him may be able to recognize the emotional “signature” attached to the words newly displayed in their minds, and may be able even to attach the soft sound of his breath or the perpetually-uncertain expression he wears to the message he knows is about to be contentious.

but, it’s been bothering him since the events in venera. perhaps the seed was planted even before that, from his very first experience with the kenoma and having the pleroma overtake it to save him in the end. ]

Are we wrong?

[ it’s… actually not what he wanted to open with, but the panic of broadcasting a message so publicly has him blurting things out even through what should be the most temperate of mediums. ]

The Regent said it was the Pleroma that caused the disease in Venera. That force wanted us to live forever in delusion. I don’t want to destroy the world. I don’t want to make a new one either. I was happy there. I would have been happy there.

The distilled Kenoma tried to manipulate our thoughts. Didn’t you all feel that power when we escaped? The Hope that allowed us to fight? Are we still being manipulated?

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[hippocarnival]

[He is definitely not the best person to pose philosophical questions too, although less because he is a teenager and more because he is a dumb teenager.]

Mm. It's... hurt a lot for me, too. I used to do that, try and hide from it some I didn't have to deal with how it made me feel. [He doesn't feel regretful of that, necessarily. But the regression is a reminder if the kind of him he didn't want to go back to.]

But then I miss the really good things, too. And the things that hurt won't forever as long as you hold onto those.

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[ there’s something to be said for the perspective of a dumb teenager despite the lack of wisdom in asking the question in the first place. hearing it laid out so cleanly… ]

…Then I need to find the good things.

[ it’s sad, that he’s somehow made nicer memories in his few months here than he ever did back at home. ]

[hippocarnival]

[That's the spirit. Warmly:] You will. We will.