The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken
Remember the pact of our youth
Remember the pact of our youth
"I don't think they want to be cured." That's the impression he's gotten, at least, from Jata and Everest both. Being a Friend of the Family seems to warp those infected into loyalty toward their state, even if it wasn't something for which they initially volunteered.
The question of how his friend had been helped is a harder one to answer. Resting his elbows on the arms of his chair, Koa presses his fingers together, chin upon his hands. "Ever... he's always been different. His brain - he described it as trying to walk through a hallway full of string without tripping. And the lights are off." Difficult and hazardous in ways that Koa can barely begin to understand.
"And now I guess it's like the lights have turned on. Things - people - are easier for him. But how much of that's him feeling that way, and how much is it them making him feel that way?" A rhetorical question - there's no way for Deimos to know. "That's why I want him to use the springs. Because then at least he can decide for himself, instead of having them decide for him."
Never mind that it's Koa's decision that such intervention is needed at all. It's easier to see others' hypocrisy than identify ones own flaws.
The question of how his friend had been helped is a harder one to answer. Resting his elbows on the arms of his chair, Koa presses his fingers together, chin upon his hands. "Ever... he's always been different. His brain - he described it as trying to walk through a hallway full of string without tripping. And the lights are off." Difficult and hazardous in ways that Koa can barely begin to understand.
"And now I guess it's like the lights have turned on. Things - people - are easier for him. But how much of that's him feeling that way, and how much is it them making him feel that way?" A rhetorical question - there's no way for Deimos to know. "That's why I want him to use the springs. Because then at least he can decide for himself, instead of having them decide for him."
Never mind that it's Koa's decision that such intervention is needed at all. It's easier to see others' hypocrisy than identify ones own flaws.
Koa Carpenter
Where you go, I'm going, so jump and I'm jumping
Since there is no me without you
Since there is no me without you
