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Myriad Reality

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In my ideal world, Rhythm... In my ideal world. But instead, now I’m spending my days wondering if Existence’s next strike against me has already happened. No one has found Dad or anyone else who’s gone, have they?

@GalaxyRaider

You... didn't hear?

Myriad Reality

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It’s just... I go to sleep, every night, nearly... And I dream... I have nightmares about losing someone else next. And I know, no matter the details of the situation, the cause is the same. And there is no fix for it.

@GalaxyRaider

Everyone has a choice, you know. If any of us wanted to, we could go to our home dimension, stay there, and pretend Existence is not and has never been a thing. Well, most of us anyway.

Myriad Reality

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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...

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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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.

@GalaxyRaider

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.

Myriad Reality

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More than a normal person ought.

@GalaxyRaider

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.

Myriad Reality

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Does it?

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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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.

@GalaxyRaider

I think that makes a lot of assumptions, Vi.

Myriad Reality

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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.

@GalaxyRaider

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

Myriad Reality

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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...

@GalaxyRaider

*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.

Myriad Reality

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

@GalaxyRaider

Er, uh, okay. Sorry, I guess?