dear abby...

[openhanded]

Surei Doushi 7/17 near Apprassage

hey everyone! it's been a little while, so I have two things for you all. the first is that I've written up everything we saw on the ghost trip I organized late last month. if you'd like to hear the details, let me know and I'll send over the document. the second is that I'm starting an advice column! I need things to write advice about, so feel free to comment with things you'd like help with. I promise I'll try my best to make it good advice. I'm definitely returning as a teacher next year and I need the experience! ...... and the bingo square.

Comments

[openhanded]

I... leave the city all the time? I mean, I've been too busy with school to do that this year, but next Christmas I'll probably visit my cousins like I do every year. unless things are really bad, which

[... Sorey, you're playing right into it.]

ohhhhh
you think we're being forced to think that way? it just seemed... natural to me. I don't want to leave when we don't know what'll happen. I'm one of the few people who can fight, I think. I need to be here.

[That, at least, is his own decision.]

you're not the first person I've seen suggest something like that. but... I just can't accept it, you know? It would mean that the past twenty years have been a lie. it suggests we don't have some degree of free will, depending on the nature of the experiment... and I don't believe that.

the moment we acknowledge we can't do anything is the moment we forfeit everything

ITS OK

[accordance]

Why do you think acknowledging it will mean forfeiting everything?

[openhanded]

because some people will want to give up.
they'll think that there's no point in trying because the end result will be the same.
it's... what people do when they're scared. to protect themselves.

[accordance]

I am sure there is a way to encourage them to not give up.

[openhanded]

I'm not giving up on anyone just yet
at the same time, you can't expect people to accept that their entire existence is a lie.
I think you're onto something with that theory. I think it holds water.
but it's not the whole picture, so I'm going to keep searching for answers.

[accordance]

Indeed. And you are one of the people best poised to help others.

[ That's just how humans are, aren't they? Letting fear get the better of themselves... but it can't be helped. ]

I too wish to see the truth behind it all. I shall send you what I know, if I find anything new.