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	[color=92278f][i]Mariana . . . ?[/i][/color] Karen wondered about this boy across her. He seemed so resignedly depressed a lot of the time he was speaking. Were kids her age also this forlorn? She hoped not - being surrounded by this kind of dejection en masse would fray upon her mind slowly, like rot fitting itself on a flowers roots.

	[color=92278f]"But that's circular logic,"[/color] Karen pointed out. She paused again, closing her eyes as she tried to recall a particularly difficult word to remember. [color=92278f]"Not to mention . . . tau-[i]to[/i]-logical. Lesser and below are the same thing, so saying a lesser human is below you is like saying a round circle is circular - it doesn't explain anything."[/color]


	Karen paused again. She stared at Bishop silently, contemplatively, trying to imagine him answering her question for the outcome. At last, she spoke: [color=92278f]"Actually, this entire conversation is meaningless. There is no lesser and greater among us, so we can't very well answer what we like or dislike using that line of thought. Perhaps we should try a different avenue of approach? Maybe we can discover a better answer looking some place else."[/color]