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Myriad Reality

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Oh, don't get me wrong. This isn't something that has me sad. I'm just taking it very seriously, and I've been mulling it over in my mind for a while.

@GalaxyRaider

I'm sure. I just know that sometimes humans "overthink" problems and lose sight of what's really important.

Myriad Reality

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*Flattens my lips*
Yeah, people do do that, huh.

@GalaxyRaider

*Laughs to myself*
I'm just throwing it out there. But at least that expression was something other than sad.

Myriad Reality

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I dunno. I like the idea that they're there for you, as you are for them.

@GalaxyRaider

There are humans out there who get married, have kids, and focus on family throughout their lives. That's virtually what my mother does and she seems happy with her choices.

Myriad Reality

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People? Family and friends particularly.

@GalaxyRaider

That's a start. What do you like about them?

Myriad Reality

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Not really. There's enjoyment in it, sure, but they're all missing a feeling of true importance to me.

@GalaxyRaider

What is important to you in this world?

Myriad Reality

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Yeah, but when you're actually writing them? Who they are is more important than what they do to distinguish them as a race in readers' minds.

@Mammalia

You think so? If I'm reading the book, the dude who can blow things up with his mind distinguishes him way more for me than the dude who sings traditional songs on the eighth of September. I'm not saying it's the case for everyone, but for me, actions speak louder than culture.

Myriad Reality

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Stuff like hobbies? Well, I like swimming. I also like travelling, reading, and, well, nature.
*Motions to the sprawling explanse of the planet below us with the last one*

@GalaxyRaider

*Looks at it and then up at the sky*
And does any of that mean enough to you to be considered something you'd live for?

Myriad Reality

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Nothing I can think of really scratches that itch.

@GalaxyRaider

What do you like? Not even as "the thing," but instead just something you enjoy.

Myriad Reality

@GalaxyRaider
I read your IA species book. I think the abilities of the Tzarians might well have been mentioned early on, but other than that I think the races are interesting and well-developed. If they have special cultures of their own, especially customs, those are really important to the identity of a race--not just its abilities.

@Efficacy

To be fair, if someone told me there was a race of humans in Czechoslovakia that had super powers and could psychokinetically destroy objects and then told me they had a rich culture with good food, I'd probably care a lot more about the powers than the food ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Myriad Reality

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*Looks down at the snow, thinking*

@GalaxyRaider

*Forms a snowball and tosses it up into the air, catching it on the way down*