We're real. [ confidence in that statement. ] What kind of real that is I'm not sure about, but we're real. We exist.
[ that's real enough for her. they're not 'original,' in the sense that she understands it; she's still her, he's still him, but there were others of them. there were other bodies... other times and places they've existed. spirits of humans crossed over, leaving their physical bodies behind. they weren't less real. just changed.
in a way, that's how she thinks of them here, only with no real benefit of being in a place where death isn't still a possibility. a strong one. ]
They're our important memories. Even if we're not the only selves who've carried them, all the new ones are just ours. We're real.
[ she straightens up. ]
I feel Maris-sama doesn't know an answer, so he just says what he wants, and knows no way of making it happen. It's easy to say a thing and not need to act on it if we say, "We can't." Figuring out what makes them say, "We will anyway" feels like it's important.
[ saving her parents was nigh on impossible, begging for work had been frightening and necessary, confronting yubaba's powerful twin to apologise for a dying dragon... there are many difficult, incredible, hard to understand challenges in life. they're still ones that need to be tackled, to whatever end. ]
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We're real. [ confidence in that statement. ] What kind of real that is I'm not sure about, but we're real. We exist.
[ that's real enough for her. they're not 'original,' in the sense that she understands it; she's still her, he's still him, but there were others of them. there were other bodies... other times and places they've existed. spirits of humans crossed over, leaving their physical bodies behind. they weren't less real. just changed.
in a way, that's how she thinks of them here, only with no real benefit of being in a place where death isn't still a possibility. a strong one. ]
They're our important memories. Even if we're not the only selves who've carried them, all the new ones are just ours. We're real.
[ she straightens up. ]
I feel Maris-sama doesn't know an answer, so he just says what he wants, and knows no way of making it happen. It's easy to say a thing and not need to act on it if we say, "We can't." Figuring out what makes them say, "We will anyway" feels like it's important.
[ saving her parents was nigh on impossible, begging for work had been frightening and necessary, confronting yubaba's powerful twin to apologise for a dying dragon... there are many difficult, incredible, hard to understand challenges in life. they're still ones that need to be tackled, to whatever end. ]