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Zillatain
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:00 am |
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randomlanguage
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:10 am |
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Ah, now at last we come down to it ... the dangers of having secrets in a world evolutionarily predisposed to honesty. I didn't expect it to be Zoe, but it makes sense. Riff doesn't seem to interact much with the society, torgue is, despite his love for this place, okay with deception for a purpose. Zoe though, because of her special ability and employment, is keyed to the importance of not only honesty but full disclosure, full sync between intent and action, as evidenced by the anima. Thus, in order to preclude herself from the sin of deception, she must confide the complete truth when pressed, so as to maintain that sync.
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Silverwalker
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:47 am |
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Oh, that's an unexpected turn. But the pieces were there all along! Like in a good murder mystery in old novels, the reader could piece it together.
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Sotanaht
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:24 am |
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Silverwalker wrote: Oh, that's an unexpected turn. But the pieces were there all along! Like in a good murder mystery in old novels, the reader could piece it together. No I disagree. Consider Zoe's last interaction with her partner here. With a brush off like that there's no reason to believe she would have been "full disclosure"
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Biscuit
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:49 am |
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Now I need a bonus story on the Great Riff Potpourri Incident ....
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Spirantz
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:31 am |
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Awww, it's Zoe's time to be the idiot now. It's nice that they share.
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:33 am |
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Spirantz
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:11 pm |
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tube_rat wrote: riff has already been to lyceum and didn't see his tech-o-nology. hmm i may need a detective hat for this one. The timeline was similar. It could have arrived just after he left.
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Rombobjörn
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:21 pm |
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It's confirmed: Torg was going to cut up his anima without knowing whether Zoë would accept the gift. Bad idea. He should have offered first, to hear Zoë's reaction before he did anything irrevocable.
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Spirantz
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Post Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:45 pm |
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Rombobjörn wrote: It's confirmed: Torg was going to cut up his anima without knowing whether Zoë would accept the gift. Bad idea. He should have offered first, to hear Zoë's reaction before he did anything irrevocable. I appreciate that you sold your hair to buy me this graphics card, but I sold my computer to buy you this jewel-encrusted hair comb! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Silverwalker
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 8:07 pm |
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Sotanaht wrote: Silverwalker wrote: Oh, that's an unexpected turn. But the pieces were there all along! Like in a good murder mystery in old novels, the reader could piece it together. No I disagree. Consider Zoe's last interaction with her partner here. With a brush off like that there's no reason to believe she would have been "full disclosure" Hmm? I don't understand. She even says "Sharing is caring" in that scene, and also points out that Zoë is holding back - showing how she wants people to share. Just like she shares the technology, as is her duty.
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