I liked Newton, he was very calm. He liked to sit in my elbow while I read sometimes. I never really had another pet, my parents wouldn't allow it.
We're kind of alike in that respect, algebra and geometry were my friends when I was younger. I'd love some recommendations! Maybe something a little easier to understand...?
Newton is a fine name for an iguana. A smart moniker for a smart reptile, clever enough to escape his cage.
See what you think about the poet Robert Frost. His work should be easy enough to find in the public domain. He uses naturalistic descriptions that are often easy to follow.
That's interesting, then. You know, nobody's really asked me what my life was before my military service until you did. It's easy enough to talk about but, just saying I was lonely... it just feels like a fact.
But when I read this, I can actually feel it again. And it's not a bad thing, it's like a reminder that I didn't make it up. I never knew poetry could do something like this.
Then you understand why I take such an interest in it.
That is the purpose behind art. Not just words on a screen, or paint on a canvas. It is a reflection of the creator and a separate entity from the creator both. It inspires feeling.
And it inspires reflection. Something direly needed in most people, but rarely ever done.
Somewhere I guess I knew that, but I'd never had time to really think about it. Too much to study and memorize, too much to theorize on. Maybe I was a little scared too.
But now I have plenty of time to do it, right?
I agree though. Plenty of people don't reflect enough, I think. Maybe you could encourage people here to reflect a little more?
Scared? Words on a page are nothing to be scared about, only the ideas that they might worm into your head with enough passage of time. Besides, your memorizations were probably far more daunting than a line or two of poetry.
Me trying to tell others here to reflect more is the same as shouting into the void. Have you seen some of the arguments across the network?
Oh no, compared to facing ideas that might 'worm into my head with enough passage of time', I'd rather do Calculus out loud. Or I guess I used to prefer that. It doesn't seem as bad now.
Yes, I've seen them, and I can't say you're entirely wrong... but I want to think we're all here to do something. That this isn't as random as some people might think. If you had time to do something profound, anything-- what would it be?
Yes. Something that you feel only you could do for a place like this, or something you could learn.
We all seem to be different in one way or another, and I'm hypothesizing that how we were selected isn't random. So maybe the answer lies in what we believe we can offer.
[There's a lengthy pause, as if he doesn't intend to send more than that. But another message flashes into existence.]
If you're hypothesizing how we might be "special", then I can answer that more easily. There's no point in keeping it from the rest of the Displaced, when the meaning of "normal" is so superfluous between us.
I used to possess demonic power. I no longer do, but the knowledge and memories still exist.
I understand, I feel the same. I'm still trying to figure it out myself to be honest.
[He sends that in the lengthy pause, and is a little surprised when the rest comes. Maybe it should give him some pause, 'demonic' isn't a very nice word after all, but V is possibly a little late to the occult-related revelations train given Billy told Abel he was a witch within five minutes of meeting him. Sure okay.]
That would definitely make you special! Strange though, that they took it away and gave you-- I'm assuming-- something else? Do you know what ability they gave you on your arrival here?
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So you like pets, then?
I was an avid reader when I was younger. Books kept me company; poetry especially. If you ever want recommendations, you need only ask.
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I liked Newton, he was very calm. He liked to sit in my elbow while I read sometimes. I never really had another pet, my parents wouldn't allow it.
We're kind of alike in that respect, algebra and geometry were my friends when I was younger. I'd love some recommendations! Maybe something a little easier to understand...?
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See what you think about the poet Robert Frost. His work should be easy enough to find in the public domain. He uses naturalistic descriptions that are often easy to follow.
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He'd just never leave me alone if I was eating an apple... But that's a good point!
He seems interesting-- some of it I'm following but some of it... I guess it just takes time! But I do like this one.
I'm just not quite sure why...
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[His eyebrows raise a little on his end, though V is certainly not disapproving.]
You surprise me. It's a very lonely poem. Acquainted with the "night"; the foibles and sorrow in one's own mind.
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[Well isn't that a little too on the nose.]
That's interesting, then. You know, nobody's really asked me what my life was before my military service until you did. It's easy enough to talk about but, just saying I was lonely... it just feels like a fact.
But when I read this, I can actually feel it again. And it's not a bad thing, it's like a reminder that I didn't make it up. I never knew poetry could do something like this.
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That is the purpose behind art. Not just words on a screen, or paint on a canvas. It is a reflection of the creator and a separate entity from the creator both. It inspires feeling.
And it inspires reflection. Something direly needed in most people, but rarely ever done.
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Maybe I was a little scared too.
But now I have plenty of time to do it, right?
I agree though. Plenty of people don't reflect enough, I think. Maybe you could encourage people here to reflect a little more?
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Me trying to tell others here to reflect more is the same as shouting into the void. Have you seen some of the arguments across the network?
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Yes, I've seen them, and I can't say you're entirely wrong... but I want to think we're all here to do something. That this isn't as random as some people might think.
If you had time to do something profound, anything-- what would it be?
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We all seem to be different in one way or another, and I'm hypothesizing that how we were selected isn't random. So maybe the answer lies in what we believe we can offer.
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[There's a lengthy pause, as if he doesn't intend to send more than that. But another message flashes into existence.]
If you're hypothesizing how we might be "special", then I can answer that more easily. There's no point in keeping it from the rest of the Displaced, when the meaning of "normal" is so superfluous between us.
I used to possess demonic power. I no longer do, but the knowledge and memories still exist.
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[He sends that in the lengthy pause, and is a little surprised when the rest comes. Maybe it should give him some pause, 'demonic' isn't a very nice word after all, but V is possibly a little late to the occult-related revelations train given Billy told Abel he was a witch within five minutes of meeting him. Sure okay.]
That would definitely make you special!
Strange though, that they took it away and gave you-- I'm assuming-- something else? Do you know what ability they gave you on your arrival here?
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I've only seen it happen when I try to access my previous abilities. But nothing in tandem with a new one, not yet. Do you know your own?