Thank you. And forgive me for not visiting you in person. I have found myself occupied with the conclusion of the Fox's latest intervention into the Star Children's lives.
What are your thoughts on the true nature of the Fox? What facts... and what theory might you have cleaned through your experiences here?
I suppose we will never truly be. She reminds me... of a phenomenon given will. Whether this is something she has always existed as or that which became part of her being through outside influence, I know not.
What of the realm itself? I scholar I spoke to theorized this realm may not have been created, but a space the Fox filled with her power.
From my experience she does not create anything *new*. She seems only capable of recreating and replicating places and things from worlds that she has encountered via those she brings here. When she is not manipulating us directly.
Ah, yes. Though I have witnessed new beasts, there is much I am familiar with. And I have yet to see some concept which is completely unknown to any of those who reside here.
What do you make of her desire to have us fulfill the potential she sees in us?
Reaching one's full potential is a wholly subjective journey. If she is placing arbitrary goals based on her own estimations of us then we may never reach them.
As you say, the Fox has envisioned potential we may yet reach. Setting aside our own personal desires on how we wish to fulfill our purpose, one could easily argue there is no one truly capable of reaching their full potential, as we are constantly capable of reaching ever greater heights.
[ Deciding one's life purpose has been fulfilled is different from one's potential. ]
And potential by itself is a vague promise. Does the Fox have a clear potential she desires for each of us? Or is it merely an impetus to drive us? These are only two possibilities. Though I suspect given her mercurial nature, the options more nebulous in nature will oft be closer to the truth.
That is a conclusion I have reached as well. The Fox's power is absolute here and I see no answer as to how to prevent her from simply calling us back again should we escape. I fear efforts to ward against such a force would be ineffective.
[ One might argue the cracks caused by the Sundering likely made it far easier for the Fox to get into the metaphorical hen house that is Etheirys and from there Time would have been nothing to one that seemed as powerful as this entity. Elidibus will certainly not do so on such meager hypotheticals. ]
I will not hide from you my desire and intent to escape, should the opportunity present itself. And if you are able to uncover any clues about this realm or her existence, I would be grateful for them. You may take them as a request from Elidibus, if you desire. But know with whatever you say, I will do my utmost to respect your choice whether to remain or be free of this binding.
If it is framed as a request from the Emissary, then I can hardly refuse.
Not that I would have deliberately held information from you.
As for myself... I have nowhere else to go save for back to the Star, and despite my current situation... I find myself unwilling to hurry along to that end just yet.
I admit I can imagine no other place than our Star that I should be. Though I would fear my patience while I must wait for a chance to return may not easily keep apace to your own.
[ But then they are not quite the same types of patience are they? Elidibus has become singularly focused on his duty. So much so that anything which stands athwart it must not be allowed to continue. ]
It seems I will not want for those to with whom I might trust to compare my findings then. Thank you, Hythlodaeus.
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Date: 2024-05-04 12:11 am (UTC)What are your thoughts on the true nature of the Fox? What facts... and what theory might you have cleaned through your experiences here?
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Date: 2024-05-04 12:18 am (UTC)I cannot say if she delights in the disruption she causes or if she simply finds our reactions to it intriguing.
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Date: 2024-05-04 12:51 am (UTC)What of the realm itself? I scholar I spoke to theorized this realm may not have been created, but a space the Fox filled with her power.
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Date: 2024-05-04 12:59 am (UTC)From my experience she does not create anything *new*. She seems only capable of recreating and replicating places and things from worlds that she has encountered via those she brings here. When she is not manipulating us directly.
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Date: 2024-05-04 01:16 am (UTC)What do you make of her desire to have us fulfill the potential she sees in us?
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Date: 2024-05-04 01:19 am (UTC)Reaching one's full potential is a wholly subjective journey. If she is placing arbitrary goals based on her own estimations of us then we may never reach them.
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Date: 2024-05-04 02:03 am (UTC)[ Deciding one's life purpose has been fulfilled is different from one's potential. ]
And potential by itself is a vague promise. Does the Fox have a clear potential she desires for each of us? Or is it merely an impetus to drive us? These are only two possibilities. Though I suspect given her mercurial nature, the options more nebulous in nature will oft be closer to the truth.
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Date: 2024-05-05 03:54 pm (UTC)But we are subject to her whims while we reside in her realm. Regardless of whether or not she created this space she holds full sway over it.
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Date: 2024-05-05 05:16 pm (UTC)[ One might argue the cracks caused by the Sundering likely made it far easier for the Fox to get into the metaphorical hen house that is Etheirys and from there Time would have been nothing to one that seemed as powerful as this entity. Elidibus will certainly not do so on such meager hypotheticals. ]
I will not hide from you my desire and intent to escape, should the opportunity present itself. And if you are able to uncover any clues about this realm or her existence, I would be grateful for them. You may take them as a request from Elidibus, if you desire. But know with whatever you say, I will do my utmost to respect your choice whether to remain or be free of this binding.
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Date: 2024-05-07 08:26 pm (UTC)Not that I would have deliberately held information from you.
As for myself... I have nowhere else to go save for back to the Star, and despite my current situation... I find myself unwilling to hurry along to that end just yet.
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Date: 2024-05-07 10:14 pm (UTC)[ But then they are not quite the same types of patience are they? Elidibus has become singularly focused on his duty. So much so that anything which stands athwart it must not be allowed to continue. ]
It seems I will not want for those to with whom I might trust to compare my findings then. Thank you, Hythlodaeus.