"An idea I would've dismissed out-of-hand as absurd, were we not thinking along these lines already. At this point, in order to avoid thinking of myself as a character from a fiction, I've had to come up with so many ad hoc justifications that accepting it seems simpler." Claudius nearly mutters something about fictional status again but he restrains himself. "But let's be gentler to your sense of self and say it's possible we all come from authored worlds. Crowley told me he lived through the predicted End of Days, which is more or less a plot penned by God and prophecy. He spoke quite passionately against letting such things rule our lives. You'll find many others here who were once set on some pre-determined path -- those are the paths I'm afraid a book-policing agency will lead us all down again. I'd rather we figure out how deep this connection goes before she does."
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Date: 2023-12-09 01:42 am (UTC)