[Humanity is, and has always been, a terribly odd thing. Despair and hope tended to live in exactly the same breath, separated by some odd razor's edge that one's own mind didn't fully understand.
Horatio's cheeks puff out thoughtfully for a moment, attention sweeping the Acta one more time. It won't have changed, but checking again for things one knows aren't there is another painfully human trait.]
What sort of terror comes from a year?
[The thought isn't a dismissive one. It's simply another push at the data and the hypothesis.
They won't get anywhere with all this magic and religion without the scientific process, surely.]
I don't know. From the realization that they're all destined to die, perhaps. Conflicts between gods tend to have heavy mortal casualties.
[ His voice returns to deadpan, though there's a drip of sarcasm in it. Once they wake up from an illusion, they start to question whether reality itself is real. Plenty of stuff he's seen especially in regions with large demon populations. ]
Don't suppose we can knock on a god's door and ask?
[ Wry as it is, it's the start of an idea that takes shape in his mind. Even if Ishmael would never speak to him, perhaps things are different here. It's... no, it's not hope. It's only tactical planning. An avenue for confirmation and analysis of potential failures. One must not harbour hope when dealing with the divine. ]
It seems like they are the best source of any answers we might need.
[Ain's right, of course. Whatever a body wanted to believe about all of this, from their odd arrival to the established presence of something claiming to be gods, there didn't seem to be much else to throw oneself at.
Thank goodness, at least, for not having to do it alone.]
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Date: 2018-12-24 01:09 pm (UTC)Horatio's cheeks puff out thoughtfully for a moment, attention sweeping the Acta one more time. It won't have changed, but checking again for things one knows aren't there is another painfully human trait.]
What sort of terror comes from a year?
[The thought isn't a dismissive one. It's simply another push at the data and the hypothesis.
They won't get anywhere with all this magic and religion without the scientific process, surely.]
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Date: 2018-12-30 01:15 pm (UTC)[ His voice returns to deadpan, though there's a drip of sarcasm in it. Once they wake up from an illusion, they start to question whether reality itself is real. Plenty of stuff he's seen especially in regions with large demon populations. ]
Don't suppose we can knock on a god's door and ask?
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Date: 2018-12-30 04:47 pm (UTC)Nothing breeds natural sympathy quite like a mutual dryness in the face of the world.]
The altars are a bit like doors.
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Date: 2019-01-01 11:36 am (UTC)[ Wry as it is, it's the start of an idea that takes shape in his mind. Even if Ishmael would never speak to him, perhaps things are different here. It's... no, it's not hope. It's only tactical planning. An avenue for confirmation and analysis of potential failures. One must not harbour hope when dealing with the divine. ]
It seems like they are the best source of any answers we might need.
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Date: 2019-01-05 03:06 pm (UTC)[Ain's right, of course. Whatever a body wanted to believe about all of this, from their odd arrival to the established presence of something claiming to be gods, there didn't seem to be much else to throw oneself at.
Thank goodness, at least, for not having to do it alone.]
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Date: 2019-01-06 12:10 pm (UTC)Thanks. [ A pause as he looks down, figuring that he should clarify. ] For coming with me.
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Date: 2019-01-11 01:17 am (UTC)--thank you for having me along.
[That's much more the direction thanks ought to be going.]