004 ☓ anon text

[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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[foolishwren]

Honestly at this point, in this place, 'humanity's kind of a flawed word.

There's things out there that are just as sentient as humans, but aren't humans. But at the same time, talking about 'humanity' and excluding those people feels wrong.

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[envy_the_sinners]

Then does that mean that humanity is truly nothing more than a physical state of being? A list of traits?

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[foolishwren]

I guess not.

But I've met people who weren't human, and still acted more human than some of the humans I've known.

So if 'humanity' is still how we measure that, kinda throws it all into question, doesn't it?

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[envy_the_sinners]

It does.

[Scar's known a few people like that, too. Not that he would admit that with his face attached.]

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[foolishwren]

Yeah

So what do YOU think?

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[envy_the_sinners]

I do not know. That is why I asked the group at large.

[Way to cop out, Smiley.]

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[foolishwren]

All right. Then what other answers have you gotten?

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[envy_the_sinners]

Most come to the conclusion that the idea of humanity as an achieved ideal is flawed.

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[foolishwren]

I guess that's not too surprising, considering the whole not-everybody's-human thing

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[envy_the_sinners]

There is a surprising number of them, trapped here.

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[foolishwren]

What sorts of things have you met, so far?

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[envy_the_sinners]

Revealing that could very well reveal my identity, and I have no wish to lie.

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[foolishwren]

All right, fair enough.

I'll tell you what I've met, though.

Ponies, birds, resurrected dead people, and giant space robots, to name a few.

_{[If that gives her away, so be it, but she doesn't think it will.]}