UN: 6234-01 (sometime after the Herald battle)

[thaumatrope]

[They don't know why they turn to the network for this. But there's many people in Daybreak so maybe they can give Adriel the right answer.]

I read in a book that if someone's hurt and trapped, you should let them go.

Is that the right answer? Letting them go?

[Something boils in them for phrasing this as something Adriel simply read in a book. And they themself don't know why they're lying. But it's the only way.]

Comments

un: likesflowers

[alreadyhuman]

i guess itd depend on what they did......

but its also bad to keep people hurt and trapped so letting them go is good i think

[thaumatrope]

In the story they didn't do anything wrong. I think...a lot of people did bad things to them.

[The fairy tale that they were not the protagonist of, because they refused to play that role again. The dream where a spirit raged against those who came inside.]

[alreadyhuman]

then of course they should get freed :( that sounds bad!!

[thaumatrope]

Even if other people said they were doing bad things?

[Because that's their understanding of this. What was in them did something bad and were rightfully punished for it. But what it did was...]

[alreadyhuman]

it doesnt matter what people think!!

i think you have to decide if its right or wrong for yourself cos people can be wrong

UN: xhatgurlx

[hattersgonnahat]

theyre probably hurting because theyre trapped! sooo....

[thaumatrope]

Even if other people said they were a bad person?

[hattersgonnahat]

do you know why its a bad person??

[thaumatrope]

Because the people in the book all said they were bad.

So if many people say it...

[Then that should be the case, right?]

un: redridinghoodie

[awooligan]

things aren't as simple as in stories
I want to say yeah but real life's too complicated to answer based on no information

[thaumatrope]

In the story, the person was locked away because they were bad. But they weren't.

Or I think they weren't. It's hard to explain.

[awooligan]

good and bad feel like they should be obvious, huh?
sometimes they are
but like let's say I get a B- in a class
for me that's pretty damn good but my brother's better about school so that'd be kind of low for him
or how if I get Cs my stepdad gets on my case about my grades but my mom's just glad I'm going to class

low stakes in comparison to being trapped but it's the only thing I could think of without getting too heavy

[thaumatrope]

{That they can understand. It's simpler when phrased as grades and not something as heavy as being trapped and deserving of being trapped.]

I think I understand.

But would it be better to learn more so you can get a higher mark or just keep the status quo with Bs or Cs?

un: ornithology

[hawkwardness]

They shouldn't be left to hurt, that's not going to solve a thing. Only adds up to more suffering in the end.

But like the other guys said... it depends on why they're trapped. Did they do something wrong? Are you talking about jail?

[thaumatrope]

In the book I was reading, they were put away because they were being bad. But I think they were hurt really badly by the people who put them away first.

They were very angry about it.

[They notably don't clarify where that 'person' was trapped.]

[hawkwardness]

That sounds suspicious as hell. Of whoever put them away, not the prisoner's part.

I mean... at some point, everyone snaps. Everyone fights back eventually. Right?

[thaumatrope]

I've been told that fighting back can be bad.

But I don't know if that's right anymore. Is it?

un: yuie

[evangelclairvoyance]

I'd say that it's more complicated than that, but it seems others have already stated that fact for me.

What brought this on?

[This probably isn't something he should be poking his nose into, but it's not like he has much else to do in the infirmary.]

[thaumatrope]

I guess it's just been on my mind lately.

So I thought I'd ask everyone here. To see what the right answer is.

[evangelclairvoyance]

Not knowing the situation, I can't be sure, but I can say that there are many cases where there is no right answer to be found.

What feels right to you? Not what that person would want, not what you think would be kindest, not what you think is "correct." What, of all possibilities, makes the most sense?

[thaumatrope]

[There is a significant delay in Adriel's response.]

i dont know

[Spelling mistakes. They can't fix it. Be better about it.]

They're all very angry at each other. This person did something bad but it seems like the people did something bad first.

I don't know what to do.

UN: Integreatest; private message;

[emergensirations]

Adriel?
I saw your post.
Can I ask who you're talking about?

[thaumatrope]

[They were....really, really hoping that Sira wouldn't see this. Which is counter-productive to how they're supposed to feel.]

A character in a book I read a little while ago. They did something bad and were put away for it, but the people who put them away hurt them first.

So I was wondering if the people did the right thing or not.

[emergensirations]

[That's what they said on the post. A book. Just a story. No big deal.]



You're lying.

I know. I know about it.

[thaumatrope]

[They...they know? How do they know? How -]

Know about what?