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[Backdated to the fifth because Rin is a speedy traveler and that's how I do]

[Maybe she doesn't quite realize the journal is recording yet, maybe she just can't help it. Either way the book records a soft, drawn-out hiss from Rin, and then a contented little noise. The page is damp, all that humidity, and yes, there's the soft sound of water splashing picked up from the surroundings too!]

Mm... nothing beats hotsprings after you've been traveling. [She sounds so relaxed.]

Anyway. I've been thinking lately. You know, about all these castle revelations and things... and people coming back from world changes... an idea I had a long time ago, actually. What if we're not actually the original people we think we are? Like, what if we're all copies. Like writing out one scroll on another, you know? So we, our original selves, are still at home doing our thing, not even missed, and besides that we're here.

[She actually sounds just really throaty and indolent as she says all this, not upset.] What if you didn't have a home to go to? What if your home wasn't yours, and you, the you that you reading this were copied from... what if they were still there? If they didn't even need you at home. You were just excess.

If you didn't have your job and duties to do at home, because you were already there. Do you think you'd join forces with them? Would you kill them and take their place? For some people it could be like freedom too. [A sigh.]

Also, wouldn't it be interesting to have a world change where it didn't go like normal, and all the humans were changed into not-humans instead of not-humans being changed into human beings?

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People still exist even if they're copies of other people. Just not quite with the origins they thought they had.

Anyway, it's impossible to really prove I guess.

We are speaking of facts that provide the groundwork for one's identity. Yes, they would still exist, but not in the way they thought. That is enough to devastate people-- to make them angry and reckless. Knowing one's origins is very, very important; people who did not know their parents often lead troubled lives because of this.

[A soft sigh.] The more we discover, the less we know. It is poetry on paper but quite frustrating in practice.

So what, if it's true people should be kept ignorant for their own good? I can't agree with that! People should know these things, so they can decide for themselves how to react... even if it's scary.

[A sigh] That's all it is here...

I am not dismissing you, Rin, but you should be aware of the ripples that words make. Choose them carefully, for you cannot erase them once spoken.

[He sighs, too.] That is quite enough pontification for tonight.

[A little breath. Getting a grip on herself :x she gets frustrated sometimes.]

I don't know. It's like nothing said here does make a difference sometimes. It's just more empty words that people will read over and go on from.

[He understands far more than he would like to admit.]

It is their choice. When their help is needed, may they rise to the occasion. Until then, there is little we can demand of them.

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