... So... that's what humanity means to you, then? Not... mortality, or your human body, but... ethics and benevolence?
[ she's pretty sure that's not what she gave up. at least--she... thinks she's still ethical? and kind?
MAYBE SHE NEEDS TO CHECK HERSELF!?!--but no, caretaker would have... said something, surely, if she was going to become some kind of heartless monster. ]
Yes. After all, mortality isn't something exclusive to the human race.
And truthfully, I only use "humanity" as a term because of my origins. Other species with sentience-level intellect will have their own words for the concept.
I thought that sort of thing was just... decency, though. Because there's lots of echos who aren't or weren't human that are ethical and benevolent. Gods, too.
But sentience isn't either, right? So labeling decency or sentience as a property of being human--that's... biased? Prejudiced?
[ okay, maybe this sounds like a really boring conversation to anyone outside, but hiyori is fascinated and also maybe feeling a bit bad at what it's revealing, because-- ]
My advice is simple enough to give, yet often less so to properly enact. It takes time to change one's self.
Behave counter to what the bias would demand. If you once believed decency and the like to be a property of humans alone, strive to think differently. Remember that such qualities are a property of any thinking, feeling being, and that humans are but one sentient species among billions.
Repetition is often the key to believing, and practice makes perfect.
[ she would deny having thought any of those things--at least consciously--but her own words kind of make that. a lie. so she just has to accept and nod. ]
Okay. I'll try. ...I'm sorry, if I mess up between now and then. But I'm going to work on it.
My friend and I were taking science lessons from a professor here in Kyriakos, but he had to go home. ... I don't know if it would be too much of a burden on your time, but if you'd be willing, do you think you could teach us in his stead?
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[ she's pretty sure that's not what she gave up. at least--she... thinks she's still ethical? and kind?
MAYBE SHE NEEDS TO CHECK HERSELF!?!--but no, caretaker would have... said something, surely, if she was going to become some kind of heartless monster. ]
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And truthfully, I only use "humanity" as a term because of my origins. Other species with sentience-level intellect will have their own words for the concept.
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[ just not... any of the ones here ]
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All that I gave up was my original biological vessel.
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[ okay, maybe this sounds like a really boring conversation to anyone outside, but hiyori is fascinated and also maybe feeling a bit bad at what it's revealing, because-- ]
I guess I've been blind to my own unfairness...
[ #checkurhumanprivilege ]
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[not said unkindly, though]
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[ said without the hint of a pout or reticence, either. ]
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You are young. It shall work to your advantage.
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Behave counter to what the bias would demand. If you once believed decency and the like to be a property of humans alone, strive to think differently. Remember that such qualities are a property of any thinking, feeling being, and that humans are but one sentient species among billions.
Repetition is often the key to believing, and practice makes perfect.
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Okay. I'll try. ...I'm sorry, if I mess up between now and then. But I'm going to work on it.
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Learn from what mistakes you make, and it will be all right.
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...
Lilith, could I ask you a favor?
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[whether or not she'll grant it is something yet to be decided]
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Yes, so long as the lessons are conducted here and according to a schedule.
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[and we as players can handwave said lessons because im only good at bullshitting science, not the teaching part]
Is that all?
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Yes, that's all for now, thank you.
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