"Hah, a futile understanding. For one, we're made in God's image. I'm
afraid you'll have to make peace with the idea that we're the most
important people in the universe. As for living free, well, if freedom
means egotism, I think I'd prefer slavery. I sometimes wonder if freedom
isn't best when freely forfeit." [For no reason he can pinpoint,
somehow he feels more at ease half-joking like this, and he's back to the
fish.]
I wonder, Namur, did your fishmen ever conceive of the romance of slavery?
Were they ever able to find anything good in it?
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Re: action
Date: 2016-08-15 12:11 am (UTC)"Hah, a futile understanding. For one, we're made in God's image. I'm afraid you'll have to make peace with the idea that we're the most important people in the universe. As for living free, well, if freedom means egotism, I think I'd prefer slavery. I sometimes wonder if freedom isn't best when freely forfeit." [For no reason he can pinpoint, somehow he feels more at ease half-joking like this, and he's back to the fish.]
I wonder, Namur, did your fishmen ever conceive of the romance of slavery? Were they ever able to find anything good in it?