006. And all the people that you hate will love you just the same because you're beautiful

[drydrown]

Those of you that have received physical changes from Retrospec, how long did it take before they stopped seeming fundamentally wrong - do they ever, or am I just going to be handling being mentally inconvenienced every time I try to do anything that involves mirrors for the foreseeable future? I admit that I don't have much to complain about, in the scheme of things - especially since I'm not opposed to the results - but apparently I'm going to do so anyway, simply just because such is social media.

Then again, this particular identity crisis is brought to you by the realization that I haven't seen certain members of my family in two years, and if they were to see me now they wouldn't recognize me on immediate sight. So I think I have some right to be at least mildly distressed.

Comments

[liberal_arts]

I see. I imagine that must be quite frustrating, having an incomplete picture like that.

[drydrown]

Yes, to put it gently.

[liberal_arts]

It is difficult to fully comprehend the reasoning behind taking another life even in much more real-world ways of thinking, to be honest.

My other self's former master had wanted to make a point to his son about the weight of the lives in the care of a daimyo.

[drydrown]

I work in criminal prosecution. Understanding the reasons behind such things is something of a requirement of my job, though full comprehension is something I generally don't try for. The reasoning, absolutely; the deeper motivation decidedly less so. I've found it matters reasonably little anyway - what matters is the result. Whatever reason people have for it, lives were still ended either way. I doubt it matters much to the people that were killed, whether they died for a "purpose" or for passion or just because someone could.

[liberal_arts]

But he was my master. Understanding him is just as important as understanding myself.