Legend

Myriad Reality

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I think she'll have a stronger opinion on it than me, at least. I don't think she'll be mad necessarily, though.

@Yatagarasu

She loves fighting, after all.

Myriad Reality

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That's what I figured. I liked fighting back when I had a certain amount of power, but I'm kind of in the same boat nowadays. Maaaaaaybe don't tell your mom that, though.

@Yatagarasu

You think she'll be mad at me?

Myriad Reality

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Of course, you can always say anything.

@Yatagarasu

I wanna know enough to stay safe, but I don't feel like making fighting my thing.

Myriad Reality

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Depends on what thing you mean specifically. You're on pace to beat out all four of them in terms of medicine already, since even Zelda had only cursory knowledge of it, and he knew the most out of the four. I don't think any of you are on pace in terms of fighting, but those four had weird attributes that gave them natural advantages in battle, anyway.

@Yatagarasu

Mmmmmppp...
*Purses my lips*
Can I say something that might make you mad at me?

Myriad Reality

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They also were much older than you are when they did them.

@Yatagarasu

Are any of us on track to do those kinds of things?

Myriad Reality

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How so?

@Yatagarasu

They still did all these great things that none of us four ever did.

Myriad Reality

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No. Pretty much just me.

@Yatagarasu

So it’s the same.

Myriad Reality

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I haven't done everything. I still have being a good dad on my list, and I'm nowhere near the best at that. Plus, you know that I cheated to do what I did, it's not fair to anyone to compare to that.

@Yatagarasu

Did mom cheat? Did the others cheat?

Myriad Reality

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Yes, different. Not lesser. Not weaker, or slower, or dumber. Just different. There's no "winning" in terms of a life, Stella. There's no "losing" either. There's just "living" and improvement. To quote a once wise man, "strive to be better, always better... but never perfect." All I'm saying is that you shouldn't hold yourself to the standards you set on other people, that's a recipe for frustration and heartache. I'm sorry that I'm not giving the most poignant or instantly useful advice, but all I can give is my opinion and what I know.

@Yatagarasu

That’s so easy for you to say after you’ve done everything you ever wanted to do and were the best in the world at everything you tried.

Myriad Reality

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Well, that last one is debatable, to be fair. But just because I wasn't necessarily the actual strongest there was at the time, doesn't mean I wasn't up there. That's all I meant; embellishing things to make the stories more interesting for a young imagination. We didn't fake anything whole-cloth, at least, I promise you. Heck, there's observable evidence of most of it, and I'll gladly retell you whatever you want, as well as my memory holds up, at least. You can ask your mother the same things. She knows a lot I don't, and our subjective experiences might conflict, but I've never purposefully lied to you. Er, well, except about Project T.O.K., but I think you knew that already. I wasn't great at hiding that they weren't around to help out around the house, heh.

@Yatagarasu

*Furrows my eyebrows in visible frustration*
If anything you’ve told me is true, then you have to see that where we are is so much different than them, or you, or mom.