nonbelligerent: (the night it rained fire. 19-3)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-04 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Learning not to resort to needless aggression can be a difficult lesson.
nonbelligerent: (twisted bird. 6-3)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-04 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Is he human?

[out of curiosity.]
nonbelligerent: (the night it rained fire. 19-2)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-04 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's fine. It doesn't matter.

I've just found that humans are better at learning than some other races.


[like his own. or gods. basically everyone sucks, but if nothing else, humans are the least worst.]
nonbelligerent: (the return. 3-6)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-04 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
They're interesting, aren't they? They have something those with long lives lack.
nonbelligerent: (the night it rained fire. 19-2)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[too bad we're in a fuckin murdergame]

And those who aren't human?
nonbelligerent: (twisted bird. 11-1)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
So you would care about each race equally?
nonbelligerent: (your seven years. 6-1)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
It would hardly be an uncommon attitude.
nonbelligerent: (the night it rained fire. 19-3)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Some would argue that age only reinforces these sorts of notions.
nonbelligerent: (the night it rained fire. 5-1)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
I would say it depends.

I can see where you're coming from. But I also know far too many people older than myself who have retained the same views since the dawn of the universe.
nonbelligerent: (the return. 3-6)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
You weren't born into a position of power, were you?
nonbelligerent: (your seven years. 6-1)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
He who observes the world from the top has less reason to consider another view.
nonbelligerent: (twisted bird. 6-3)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-05 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[... ha.]

Perhaps, yes.

It doesn't take much for empathy. It's only that many will never give themselves the opportunity.
nonbelligerent: (the night it rained fire. 19-2)

[personal profile] nonbelligerent 2019-06-06 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
Living beings are complicated.