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It’s as depressing as it is uplifing. Because it applies both ways. Good things that are meant to happen will happen, and the lifestyles people choose to live are good or bad, depending on the person. It’s that inherent balance that reality has, but it kind of makes you feel powerless, you know?

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Doesn't it only make sense if there's something behind it all pulling the strings? I'm unaware of a mechanic that would reasonably cause those effects.

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I mean, I don’t know. But that’s not even the thing that really bothers me. It’s some trivial, existential thought that stemmed from what bothers me.

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Then... what bothers you?

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I resent, with a passion, all of your lifestyles.

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Er, uh, okay. Sorry, I guess?

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It’s not your fault. I don’t hate anyone for it. But I can’t help but hate it, you know? It’s so dangerous. Fighting like that, to the extent all of you do, it really scares me, more than anything else out there. And I’ve experienced firsthand in the past what it’s like when life decides it’s time to be punished for living that way... I live in dread of the next time that happens... I never want to experience that again...

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*Looks at an upward angle*
Ohhhhh, that's what's bothering you. You mentioned that some think that death makes life more fulfilling or something.

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That doesn’t mean we should go actively seeking it. It’s not fair to the people who care about you.

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I don't know anyone looking to die. Do you?

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Maybe not directly, but it’s exactly what’s happening. With every one of you guys. I’m sure that if I went back and asked Aaron about it, he’d never tell me he wanted to find death, but that didn’t change what his lifestyle helped him find.

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I think that makes a lot of assumptions, Vi.

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Does it?

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Yeah. How many "Oh wow, I might die here" situations do you think I end up in on a regular basis?

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More than a normal person ought.

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I have a real life you know, or at least as real as it can get. Almost none of my friends are ever in any life-threatening danger, and I think the only person in my family I could say really has an abnormally high danger rate is my dad.

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It’s abnormally high the moment you get into a situation when someone is actively trying to take your life. I feel like a lot of you all may be a bit blind to that.
*Looks down and to the side*
You may not know this, but it’s a major reason that I tend to stay away from here.

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I think you're viewing it with whatever the opposite of rose-colored glasses are. Plenty of people out there have to struggle every day to stay alive just because they're hungry.

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It’s much deeper than that.
*Breathes heavily through my nose once and shakes my head*
It’s funny that, as we discuss it, I can hear Aaron’s voice saying the things you say. But he’d still be with me if he never... If he never...

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*Puts my hand on your shoulder*
Violet. I can't say a single word that will mean anything in the shadow of your loss.