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[envy_the_sinners]

[Scar's been lying low in Olivine ever since the hurricane, and he's starting to go a little stir-crazy. Being left bored with his thoughts can only end in one thing. Anon questions.]

In my time here, I have come to find that there are a great many "worlds" that are home to people who wouldn't be considered human, but experience the same depth of thought and range of emotion.

[Even he can make that conclusion, now.]

In that case, what is humanity? A measure of physical traits? A state of mind? Something into which one must be born?

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[envy_the_sinners]

Something to consider, then.

[ossifragant]

What would you call it?

[envy_the_sinners]

I am starting to wonder if the state of empathy truly needs a name. We call it what it is.

[ossifragant]

Maybe the best thing would be to call it "being alive."

[envy_the_sinners]

No. I have seen men who are very much alive who completely lack any sense of compassion or empathy.

[ossifragant]

[Would one of those men happen to be Greed's close friend because um]

Then it's the wrong term for it. What then? It's one of those things so engrained I'm not sure one term could encompass it.

[envy_the_sinners]

[Why yes, of course.]

The wrong term for what? What are you trying to describe at this point?

[ossifragant]

What else?

Another word for humanity.

[envy_the_sinners]

Yet humanity is beginning to look more and more like a physical state rather than an emotional one, due to the fact that the existence of non-humans with emotions refutes the idea.

[Yeah, even he can admit that, now.]

[ossifragant]

There is no other word for the emotional side of it, is there? Maybe you're right. Maybe there is no need for there to be a term for it in the end.