he doesn't reply, mostly absorbing these words and letting them seep into little crevices in his brain and considering all of this carefully. of course a man who created something to extend a life would be reveled as a god. and of course a man who accomplished something this big would be fine being thought of as such. after all, when you have people's lives in your hands and you can give or take away, what else would you be?
the thing, too, is scien talks and shoma hears the words phrased a little differently, thinking more about other people who have lived separately from people and observe the world.
"this world which you have lost all faith in is a false one. by reaching the real world, you can rid yourself of all your complications and concerns."
no, wait, stop. those are two separate things. focus, shoma.
okay. so that makes sense. someone who doesn't fully meet the same level as other people, who's working to save humanity but in a way that doesn't actually vibe with all the good feelings a person could have. this still...very much sounds familiar.
he doesn't ask what changed to make scien stop regarding himself as a god, exactly, but he thinks about the profiles. in a way...he also sort of suspected this. it wasn't so much that he was hoping to be wrong, but the confirmation is what he was looking for.
that, too, sounds familiar.
even knowing all of this, he doesn't necessarily think he's made a bad choice striking this kind of deal. but he's aware they have to have an exchange and he can't just have all of the answers immediately.
so eventually, he says: ]
I can guess. [ just to confirm. ] Your answer's...given me a lot of context to consider. [ . . . ] ...I'll bring you anything I can get from them over the course of the coming week.
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he doesn't reply, mostly absorbing these words and letting them seep into little crevices in his brain and considering all of this carefully. of course a man who created something to extend a life would be reveled as a god. and of course a man who accomplished something this big would be fine being thought of as such. after all, when you have people's lives in your hands and you can give or take away, what else would you be?
the thing, too, is scien talks and shoma hears the words phrased a little differently, thinking more about other people who have lived separately from people and observe the world.
"this world which you have lost all faith in is a false one. by reaching the real world, you can rid yourself of all your complications and concerns."
no, wait, stop. those are two separate things. focus, shoma.
okay. so that makes sense. someone who doesn't fully meet the same level as other people, who's working to save humanity but in a way that doesn't actually vibe with all the good feelings a person could have. this still...very much sounds familiar.
he doesn't ask what changed to make scien stop regarding himself as a god, exactly, but he thinks about the profiles. in a way...he also sort of suspected this. it wasn't so much that he was hoping to be wrong, but the confirmation is what he was looking for.
that, too, sounds familiar.
even knowing all of this, he doesn't necessarily think he's made a bad choice striking this kind of deal. but he's aware they have to have an exchange and he can't just have all of the answers immediately.
so eventually, he says: ]
I can guess. [ just to confirm. ] Your answer's...given me a lot of context to consider. [ . . . ] ...I'll bring you anything I can get from them over the course of the coming week.