[Dictacted]

[sixguns]

Sláinte chugat.

I've been thinkin' about this place, the city an' the castle, and somethin's occurred to me.

Have yer personal beliefs changed since ye appeared here? For example, if ye believed in God, has yer faith wavered?

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written.

[mom_to_us_all]

Has yours?

Re: written.

[sixguns]

[Noah isn't fond of questions being answered with more questions, but he's polite.]

Not so much changed as I've more questions. Makes me a wee bit uncomfortable.

Re: written.

[mom_to_us_all]

[But she really needed to know.]

Good to know! That it hasn't changed I mean.

Now to answer your question, I haven't thought about that until now, but rather than having changed, my beliefs have expanded.

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[onlyanapple]

I'm sure when He showed up for a while, anyone who had wavering faith got that fixed right up.

[sixguns]

[Wary, because.]

It sounds a bit too easy, that.

[onlyanapple]

What? Him showing up?

Well, the way He told it, He meant to come here, but I don't know. I think He took a wrong turn at Albuquerque or something.

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[wizard_redfive]

Don't think so.

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[sixguns]

[Noah waits for a moment. There has to be more.]

Nothing t'shake you up?

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[wizard_redfive]

Well... for a while I thought the Powers that Be might not be able to watch or affect my life while I'm here. You know, with the castle's interference in the way.

That didn't last too long. [Effing errantry status when she least expected it.]

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[takethat]

I guess my faith hasn't changed much, but I don't express it very often anymore.

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[sixguns]

Expression isnae always necessary t'believe.

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[takethat]

Well, that's very true. I don't follow all the rules like I should here, either, though. [A laugh] Interesting question, though... what makes you ask it?

[inafadingcrown]

I have wondered if the powers of Eru and the Valar may reach this place. In truth, I still do not know.

I believe so. However... [It's confusing. As if it weren't confusing enough in her world already.]

[sixguns]

I dinnae know if gods touch this place, but I've only ever had my faith t'go on.

[inafadingcrown]

And at times, that must be enough, I think. I am not so arrogant as to believe that all that exists is within my vision. I have learned to understand and accept that there is much even I do not and cannot know. That has been a great help in this place.

[compromisedarrow]

That depends if you believed in something to begin with.

[sixguns]

Everyone believes in somethin', even if it's severin' souls from their earthbound roots.

[compromisedarrow]

Well, I don't know about that, but I trust in myself. Blind belief can mean death in the right circumstances.

[imnot_likeyou]

Yes. But not because of the castle.

[sixguns]

What, then?

[imnot_likeyou]

My life. How things happened, how they ended.

[spiritusaequitas]

I dunno, Da. ... [softly] I think mine's stronger.

[for obvious reasons]

Jackin ur thread (That's what you get for saying what I was thinking :P)

[shepherdsveritas]

'makes two've us

[payback]

I guess I just figure... that there's not really anything exclusive here. I mean what exactly exists, in gods and demons and angels and spirits and stuff.

[sixguns]

Mm. I dinnae reject others' beliefs. I dinnae understand 'em, an' therefore I dinnae worry about it.

This place, 'tis not the afterlife, I've been told. 'tis nothin' like I've seen on Earth. Other people aren't all from Earth. Things I believed, they're different.

I dinnae what t'think of that. Perhaps there's nothin' t'worry about, just another place in th' world. But does it mean I've been wrong all my life?

I've never been a philosopher. 'tis nothing I'm comfortable with. My current belief, an' I'll likely stick with it, is that I'm needed here, just as I was at home. It should be enough.