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impure_tale) wrote2010-06-21 02:03 pm
impure_tale) wrote2010-06-21 02:03 pm
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Short and unpleasant. I suppose that when the Admiral gives us ports that turn out to be completely unsalvageable, that's the best he can offer us.
Not pointless -- you might have noted I did not use that word. If anything, my brief sojourn into the mad wilderness yielded some experiences that were most illuminating. Even on top of knowing what it feels like to be shot in the face -- an advent about which I'm certain Monsieur Swing will be delighted to hear.
Note also that I didn't say "eaten alive". I'll let the lot of you ponder on that. I might have to write about that one someday, but for now? Rest, I think.
[Private to Iago]
Are you safe?
Not pointless -- you might have noted I did not use that word. If anything, my brief sojourn into the mad wilderness yielded some experiences that were most illuminating. Even on top of knowing what it feels like to be shot in the face -- an advent about which I'm certain Monsieur Swing will be delighted to hear.
Note also that I didn't say "eaten alive". I'll let the lot of you ponder on that. I might have to write about that one someday, but for now? Rest, I think.
[Private to Iago]
Are you safe?
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1982.
Do you approve?
[And, yes, you had better approve, sir.]
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It has quite the body.
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I'll leave you with the bottle, then. Let me know if you need anything else.
[As much as he respects the Marquis, as a historical figure, as a writer who was passionate and had something to say -- he's vaguely uncomfortable with having a lengthy conversation with him right now. Neither does he want to give the impression that he's trying to avoid him, however. So, he'll leave that up to the Marquis entirely. ]
I assume you prefer to be alone right now?
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You impress me, cherub. I've been offered wine, even offered it multiple times to people who have come and gone. I think you're the first that's ever offered it to me without intending to share it.
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You sounded like you needed it more than I do, sir.
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Very much agreed.
I've read your works, you know -- your writing.
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Seeing as how you are not accusing me of practicing the barbarity I write, out of curiosity I must ask your opinion. I so rarely find intelligent critics here.
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That's all I look for in a writer.
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Whatever my state at the time of writing some of them, I consider them to be largely fictions now.
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Have you finally found any universal moral principles?
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However, when you say his morality will either mesh with or mirror your own, you are talking about the moral principles you have chosen for yourself, as a free and presumably rational individual. Not the moral principles that were handed down to you by your society, though they may have played a part in shaping your opinions.
Is that correct? If it is, then I have to ask if you believe all men free and capable of making rational moral choices.
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Are you in the mood for philosophy, or should we discuss something else? I was only curious about how much your beliefs had changed since you became redeemed.
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[He finishes the rest of his glass.]
And philosophy would be divine.
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From the perspective of the people involved? It's very important. From a larger perspective? By my time, and from that perspective, choice at all becomes negligible, perhaps impossible.
Not to say that a larger perspective is more preferable than a personal one. It's just something to be considered.
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[A smile in return.]
No, but I told you, I'm only arguing for the sake of entertainment.
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