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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-04 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Good afternoon, Miss Fiora! [ xie lian greets her with a polite bow as ever! he's probably on his way out of the pastry shop, holding one of them in his hands. ]

I don't drink, so there's nothing like that to worry about from me, although I thank you for your kindness. How are you?
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-05 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! That.

[ after a moment... a smile dawns across his face. xie lian can't help himself, and he gestures over to one of the bakery tables. ]

Miss Fiora, would you spare this one some time for a moment for a story? I'm curious to see what your answer to a question might be.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-05 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he will come to sit across from her, settling down in a fluff of all of his white silk, and setting his pastry on the table. i distinctly remembered this being longer in the series but thats ok. ]

It's a very short story - something of a parable, really. A dilemma is present at the end.

Two men have walked all the way to where you stand from across a vast desert. They have been traveling together - each seems to be dying of thirst, and are unbelievably grateful to spot you. However, you only have one cup of water. The one who drinks it lives, and the one who doesn't, dies.

If it were you, who would you give the water to?
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-06 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ that actually makes xie lian laugh! it's light, and he hides his smile just briefly behind his sleeve. ]

Will you forgive this old man's curiosity? It is a parable that someone told me once upon a time, when I was a teenager. Three different people answered it - two others, and myself. [ those two people whos faces and names are static in his memory, but that's fine. ]

The first asked for more details about each man. The second said -- he didn't know, have them decide amongst themselves!

[ his smile grows, a little more, like he's trying to hide his amusement. ] ...And I said, "I'm going to be a god, so I'll just make another cup of water."
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-06 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Haha... well, I did ascend a few years later.

[ so

he achieved them! ]


...My point isn't that, though. Rather, the reason I wanted to share that story with you is because you don't have to thank me for not denying you right out, this week - because when I was young, I always firmly believed that there was no point in ignoring one problem to save another. I wanted to try and stride forward even when choices felt impossible, instead of prioritizing someone's suffering over someone else's.

Your words touched me, because I have said the very same. I wanted to see what your answer would be - it does not surprise me that yours was similar.
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-06 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ .... ]


A what?
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-06 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Haha... no...If I could have done that, I would have the very first day.

[ he reaches up to scratch his cheek, sheepish. ] I'm actually really not that powerful of a god, even in my own realm. I don't really have any spiritual energy of my own, nor many believers... Really, I just collect scraps now, so...

[ the laughingstock of the three realms... ]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-06 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ no he would hate it ]

That is true, at least in forms of my own existence. [ except he absolutely does have to borrow spiritual energy from people to do anything remotely godly. usually by high fives. sometimes with a kiss

he pauses for a moment. ]
Though... my own space as an immortal is a bit complicated...

[ haha.

anyway!!! he waves his hand. ]
--Well, that's irrelevant, anyhow. Is that what a "Monado" does?
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[personal profile] dianxias 2020-11-07 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ backtags sib forever 8(

xie lian watches her hands move to the triangle piece briefly. ]


Mm... that makes sense. I don't really have that sort of ability, and I don't think any god in my realm does.

Do you have one of those Monado, Miss Fiora...? Or, have you just known people who did...?
Edited 2020-11-07 21:15 (UTC)