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You shrug. What Loren would or wouldn't call it doesn't seem relevant. But it is in fact part of the herald's purpose: to increase pleasure and decrease the amount of pain within the barrier. Though with it down, you wonder what it is exactly Frey does with themself. You think perhaps you and Kai should find one of their shrines and ask. There is no sense speculating wildly about it. "What I said: Reproduction and Hedonism." You find that Loren doesn't understand you, though you're ignorant of the reasons why. Perhaps you should stick to explanations, rather than asking your own questions. Things seem easier for him that way.
"The heralds were placed within the barrier. In a closed ecosystem such as this, it was Frey's responsibility to encourage reproduction in all life that continued to thrive here. Tangentially they were also encouraged to make life as pleasurable as they could given the rather bleak existence that was expected to occur within."
You listen as he explains, but you find yourself no closer to understanding. "Then it seems the responsibility is on you to indicate when you would like to revoke your agreement." He mentions the possibility of having asked about the metal, and you find yourself again asking, "Humour?" Only to see that no, it wasn't. "That seems an extremely inefficient way of proceeding. You might be made uncomfortable by the increase in temperature caused by my proximity, by the colour of my eyes, by the frequency with which I bathe, by the tone of my voice, the scratch of my quill on the page." Or any number of things. That was precisely the point; human-animals could find offense with nearly everything. There didn't seem to be a principled method of distinguishing triggers, given how unique each human-animal seemed to be. Why then, shouldn't a general waiver be used, with the responsibility falling onto the party with access to their internal feelings?
Flipping through your notes, you scan the pages before shaking your head. "Not in my notes, though they are not comprehensive and have not covered Outlanders until now." You say. "Why do you require it?"
"The heralds were placed within the barrier. In a closed ecosystem such as this, it was Frey's responsibility to encourage reproduction in all life that continued to thrive here. Tangentially they were also encouraged to make life as pleasurable as they could given the rather bleak existence that was expected to occur within."
You listen as he explains, but you find yourself no closer to understanding. "Then it seems the responsibility is on you to indicate when you would like to revoke your agreement." He mentions the possibility of having asked about the metal, and you find yourself again asking, "Humour?" Only to see that no, it wasn't. "That seems an extremely inefficient way of proceeding. You might be made uncomfortable by the increase in temperature caused by my proximity, by the colour of my eyes, by the frequency with which I bathe, by the tone of my voice, the scratch of my quill on the page." Or any number of things. That was precisely the point; human-animals could find offense with nearly everything. There didn't seem to be a principled method of distinguishing triggers, given how unique each human-animal seemed to be. Why then, shouldn't a general waiver be used, with the responsibility falling onto the party with access to their internal feelings?
Flipping through your notes, you scan the pages before shaking your head. "Not in my notes, though they are not comprehensive and have not covered Outlanders until now." You say. "Why do you require it?"
of course it's exhausting, having to reason all
the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.
the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.
