System

Myriad Reality

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*Breaks off the trail at a bend*
So what would you do in my shoes?

@Audacious

*Follows*
Well, I'd try to figure out what would make me less miserable. Is that struggle worth fighting for, or is it making my life worse than letting go?

Myriad Reality

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And you accept the pain?

@Audacious

I expect pain. It doesn't make it hurt any less, but it's something that happens, and I have to be ready to deal with it.

Myriad Reality

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I don't know! How do you handle things like that?

@Audacious

Most things I can't predict. I have to live with that, even though it will directly hurt me and those around me at times.

Myriad Reality

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If the risk is high enough. If I made a decision that cost the life of someone else because I decided the risk wasn't worth taking action, I couldn't live with myself.

@Audacious

Why do you have to bear that burden? Nobody expects you to predict the future.

Myriad Reality

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What do you mean?

@Audacious

Is ruining those relationships worth that the alternative might happen?

Myriad Reality

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Happier than the alternative? I can't bear the alternative.

@Audacious

What about the risk of the alternative?

Myriad Reality

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If I had to choose between someone else's perception of me, and their life, I'd throw the relationship away for their sake.

@Audacious

Do you think that would make you happier in the end?

Myriad Reality

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I guess being alive would have to come first.

@Audacious

*Shrugs*
There are a lot of things to consider. If the cost of life is wrecking your relationship, is it still worth it?

Myriad Reality

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Family and friends.

@Audacious

What about them? Them being close to you? Being alive?

Myriad Reality

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Even then, where do I start?

@Audacious

What matters most to you?