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[coinflipped]

Isaac McKinstry March 5 near Pawn Promotion

So, question for everyone. If you’re a magical being of some sort that supposedly blesses people, but you’re also known as a Reaper, what do you think that exactly means?

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[livingimpaired]

[ BOI, YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR ON THAT ONE. ]

There is a difference.
Indeed, we are the same souls and we are the same people, deep down.
But we were born human.
You may have been a magical human being, but you were born human.
You were raised part of humanity.
That, too, changed how you shall see the world.
Your life may have been difficult but the one now is not so, as you say.
You are someone who was said to have blessed others in your past life, and whether that is due to the people misunderstanding your true nature or not; it is what you know is fact.
If this is true, regardless of how painful a life you lead, you gave light to others.
And so, is there really no reason to not hold onto hope for yourself?

[coinflipped]

It's true that being born human is going to shape me differently than being born what I was. It's true that I'm going to live my life as humanly as possible because that's all I want.

Though am I really a blessing?

"Sometimes, to kill someone is to save them." Is that really a creed to live by?

Was I just someone who took those burdens on myself as a Reaper?

In my visions, my past self almost seems confident in who he is. So maybe that's a reason to hold out hope. In hopes that my past self wasn't awful, but someone who accepted his circumstances.

[livingimpaired]

It is a cold creed to live by for certain, but it is not unkind.
Your desire is to save someone.
Even if it is from themselves.
There are some pieces of garbage that do not even deserve that level of kindness yet you still thought to save them.
It is better than saying: "There are some that deserve to die." See the difference?

The burdens of death are heavy.
I won't deny that they aren't.
But it seems your past self did not ever see them as burdens to begin with.
He was confident because it was not a chore.
It was not a strain or painful existence.
He made it so.
There was never a burden, and so what could have been a heavy weight became a blessing.
So I assume.

[coinflipped]

That could be it. He saw it as a sense of salvation for those who couldn't be allowed a peaceful death. That it was something only he could do.

It might explain the confidence.

[livingimpaired]

Indeed.
He accepted it as his duty.
There was no reason to dread his existence.
There was no reason to doubt his existence.
That was what his life was.
And so it became something more to others that looked upon him.

[coinflipped]

Still morbid, but I guess I can accept it if that's how Eizen thought.

It makes this easier to process.

[livingimpaired]

Is that his name?
Interesting.

And it is good that I could make things easier for you, Isaac McKinstry.

[coinflipped]

Isaac.

Just Isaac please.

[livingimpaired]

Very well, Isaac.

[coinflipped]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[livingimpaired]

You're welcome.
And you can call me "Kei," if you like.

[coinflipped]

Alright, Kei.

If you ever want to talk in person, I run Pawn Promotion. Feel free to stop by.

[#shamelessplug]

[livingimpaired]

Of course.
Though ... Pawn Promotion, what sort of store is that?

[coinflipped]

It's a pawn shop.

[livingimpaired]

Makes sense.
I had got into my head that it was related to chess pieces and tried to think of what sort of business that would be.
Sometimes an apple is just an apple, though, hm?

[coinflipped]

I mean it sort of is a chess pun because you can bring you stuff in to get money or better stuff, so it's like promoting a pawn in a sense.

Maybe.

[livingimpaired]

I'll visit.
But I'm afraid I won't have anything.
I live rather meagerly and so there isn't anything I can pawn.
So I hope you won't mind me loitering.

[coinflipped]

Normally, I would mind, however, I'll make an exception here.

[livingimpaired]

Thank you for your kind consideration, Isaac.

And you are always welcome to my shop.
It's a restaurant called RAMEN.
I'm afraid, however, that I only ever make mapo tofu styled food.
... but there is mapo tofu ramen.
And a fifty percent discount to those on the app.
You may be able to get a seventy-five percent discount -- which is reserved for those that are close to death.

... too soon, perhaps?

[coinflipped]

Normally I would say 'too soon'.

But if it saves me money, I won't complain.

[livingimpaired]

I'm glad your greed quieted such reasonable indignation.
I am merely teasing.
But good.

[coinflipped]

Even if you aren't teasing, it's not a lie.

Money is money and I'll save it where I can.

[livingimpaired]

Mmn. True.

And I may have to pick your brain a little on how to run a business.

[coinflipped]

I'm not the best business owner in the world, but sure you can. If I'm being honest, I barely break even sometimes.

[livingimpaired]

Ah, no.
That is my situation, too.
What is that saying?
Between the two of us we may have two pennies to rub together?