๏ผ safer, he says, but there is something else there that makes him press his mouth into a thoughtful line. he is a man long-accustomed to relying on his instinct, and though he cannot say why he does not wholly trust what wei wuxian is saying, it does not feel like — malice. ๏ผ
Also, what is this about your world having cameras? I didn't think you had that kind of technology. [Although now that he thinks about it, he's not sure Itachi has ever actually said anything of that nature, he's pretty sure he just assumed.]
Is your world as advanced as Gwen's? Or some of the other people here? Did I completely fool myself into thinking otherwise?
My world has some technological elements. Cameras, computers, radios, digging machines with engines that require fuel and mechanical maintenance. We have refrigeration, air conditioning, and the like. However, I used very little of that — my clan was quite traditional. Other things we notably lack — long-distance transmission of digital messaging, for instance.
I believe chakra is likely at least in part responsible for the divergent evolution of technology.
So they had pictures of you. My world relied on sketches. Bad ones at that. Didn't look a thing like me.
Do you know it's so strange for me to imagine someone being afraid of you? Passing around a book with your image to warn people away. I know the ignorance of it. I know you're beyond formidable. But the feeling remains.
๏ผ other people's fear has dogged his feet as long as he can remember. because he was an uchiha. because he was a prodigy. because he killed his clan. because he was akatsuki.
none of the reasons for it even cut him half so deeply as sasuke's terror, entrenched in his young mind with the helpless, hopeless desperation of a man who felt then that he had no choice.
he should have taken sasuke and ran, and left his foolish clan to their fate.
he does not think anyone aboard the ximilia fears him, but it means something different coming from wei wuxian, from gwen, than it does the others. they are the only ones that have peered behind the veil, and survived to know a fraction of which he is capable.
yet, he did not expect the statement to affect him as it does. his breath catches. ๏ผ
Their fear is justified, Wei Wuxian.
You simply lack exposure to the side of me that necessitates such things.
No one here fears me either, and while I suspect that you still wouldn't, if the others had seen what I had done. If they'd seen the things I was capable of. It wouldn't matter how much I smiled at them or made a fool of myself. I suspect most of them would want nothing to do with me and it would be justified.
I really...I get it. But to me you're as you are now. [Betrayal and all, goes unspoken but implied.]
Anyway, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go and get so serious. Is this because I'm getting old? I used to be so much fun, I swear!
There is a man obsessed with obtaining it. Orochimaru. Should he ever arrive here, he would be a considerable threat. Please commit the name to memory.
Some people have found ways to extend their lives unnaturally using the chakra of others.
I'll remember it. And if we're trading terrible people names, please remember the name Jin Guangshan. Should he ever arrive, I'm sure he'd spread my misdeeds across the network to discredit anything I say, but among other things, he's the type of monster who should never be left alone with a woman. Any woman.
As for those seeking immortality, we have some of the same sort who search for all sorts of unsavory was to reach it, but there are ways to achieve it. My mother's teacher is an immortal. I never met her, she resides high in one of the mountain and avoids interacting with mortals outside of those she decides to train. Cultivators who cultivate well enough and long enough can achieve immortality. She's not the only one, but she's the only one I know about.
When I was very young, it was what I dreamed of. As I got older I decided there was no point unless everyone I loved achieved the same. What's the point of living forever if you're alone?
For what it is worth, Viveca and Degar select for unit cohesion as much as being in possession of a regret. I do not think they would invite a man who is a danger to women aboard the ship, and it is impossible they would not know of his misdeeds beforehand.
A desire for immortality is simply the manifestation of a fear of one's own death. There is little point to such a thing unless one is a scholar or monk with little in the way of earthly attachments.
Mmm. Imagine being so caught up in it. Fear of pain, I understand, but even that's passing. There are far worse things to experience than death. [Loss. Abandonment. Grief.] Like dogs.
๏ผ pain is pain, to him. he cannot imagine fearing it either — it has been a constant companion, as near to him as his own shadow, for more of his life than not. there is no division between mental and physical pain — though he has carried both, but he knows which of the two is worse. ๏ผ
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Very well.
Inform me, should your preferences change.
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Also, what is this about your world having cameras? I didn't think you had that kind of technology. [Although now that he thinks about it, he's not sure Itachi has ever actually said anything of that nature, he's pretty sure he just assumed.]
Is your world as advanced as Gwen's? Or some of the other people here? Did I completely fool myself into thinking otherwise?
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I believe chakra is likely at least in part responsible for the divergent evolution of technology.
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So they had pictures of you. My world relied on sketches. Bad ones at that. Didn't look a thing like me.
Do you know it's so strange for me to imagine someone being afraid of you? Passing around a book with your image to warn people away. I know the ignorance of it. I know you're beyond formidable. But the feeling remains.
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none of the reasons for it even cut him half so deeply as sasuke's terror, entrenched in his young mind with the helpless, hopeless desperation of a man who felt then that he had no choice.
he should have taken sasuke and ran, and left his foolish clan to their fate.
he does not think anyone aboard the ximilia fears him, but it means something different coming from wei wuxian, from gwen, than it does the others. they are the only ones that have peered behind the veil, and survived to know a fraction of which he is capable.
yet, he did not expect the statement to affect him as it does. his breath catches. ๏ผ
Their fear is justified, Wei Wuxian.
You simply lack exposure to the side of me that necessitates such things.
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No one here fears me either, and while I suspect that you still wouldn't, if the others had seen what I had done. If they'd seen the things I was capable of. It wouldn't matter how much I smiled at them or made a fool of myself. I suspect most of them would want nothing to do with me and it would be justified.
I really...I get it. But to me you're as you are now. [Betrayal and all, goes unspoken but implied.]
Anyway, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go and get so serious. Is this because I'm getting old? I used to be so much fun, I swear!
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๏ผ don't even try it. ๏ผ
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Did I ever tell you that some cultivators become immortal? Are there immortals in your world?
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Some people have found ways to extend their lives unnaturally using the chakra of others.
But as to genuine immortality? No.
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As for those seeking immortality, we have some of the same sort who search for all sorts of unsavory was to reach it, but there are ways to achieve it. My mother's teacher is an immortal. I never met her, she resides high in one of the mountain and avoids interacting with mortals outside of those she decides to train. Cultivators who cultivate well enough and long enough can achieve immortality. She's not the only one, but she's the only one I know about.
When I was very young, it was what I dreamed of. As I got older I decided there was no point unless everyone I loved achieved the same. What's the point of living forever if you're alone?
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A desire for immortality is simply the manifestation of a fear of one's own death. There is little point to such a thing unless one is a scholar or monk with little in the way of earthly attachments.
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Mmm. Imagine being so caught up in it. Fear of pain, I understand, but even that's passing. There are far worse things to experience than death. [Loss. Abandonment. Grief.] Like dogs.
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You do have a considerable aversion to them.
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Fine!!! I'll rekindle our friendship but only because I have no one else to talk to about this. Is there anyone else who doesn't speak English?
trolling as an artform