This is exactly why I said as I did, that you would not like to hear this. You see, you view what was very much my reality through a lens of fiction, a narrative shaped by those without true experience nor perspective on such matters for they have never lived such a reality. Your enjoyment of this fiction does not trump my lived experience, nor the judgments and necessities of such distinctions within my world.
Life indeed is a qualifier for personhood. These facts, while not kind to some, are necessary when it comes to administering judgments that could very well affect an entire planet. We cannot ignore reality because we do not like it, that would be irresponsible. After all, we of The Convocation were tasked with such a grand scale responsibility, and thus we have to view such matters with complete objectivity.
Do not misunderstand me, this does not come from a place of contempt nor malice, but Hythlodaeus' existence is merely an extension of my own. In a sense, and in very simple terms, he is a portion of myself shaped and formed into the likeness of my dearly departed, but he is not his own existence, and never can he be, not truly.
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Life indeed is a qualifier for personhood. These facts, while not kind to some, are necessary when it comes to administering judgments that could very well affect an entire planet. We cannot ignore reality because we do not like it, that would be irresponsible. After all, we of The Convocation were tasked with such a grand scale responsibility, and thus we have to view such matters with complete objectivity.
Do not misunderstand me, this does not come from a place of contempt nor malice, but Hythlodaeus' existence is merely an extension of my own. In a sense, and in very simple terms, he is a portion of myself shaped and formed into the likeness of my dearly departed, but he is not his own existence, and never can he be, not truly.
All the same, you have my gratitude.