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[ex_texting536]

To add color to this colorless world, is that right? Ah, that is but a rhetorical question so don't go out of your way to answer it. ^_^;;; I do have but one real question, though. Does anyone know where I could download some crossword puzzles for my phone, this bracelet, or where I could purchase a book of them?

[A beat.]

Also, those maids are surprisingly durable. Such a mystery. ^o^!!!

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The end?

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[ex_texting536]

Yes.

It doesn't matter here what happened with that young man, but the lesson remains the same. You should always try to make your own decisions. After all, things happen whether you do or don't do something. And I can tell you this -- you would rather say you chose what happened then let things happen.

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Then you'd have to take responsibly for it.

What would happen if your decision ends up affecting things you don't know about?

It's better to think things through carefully.

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[ex_texting536]

That is what life is.

If you take too long and never make a decision, that affects things you don't know about, too. I suppose you won't have any responsibility because you did nothing. But to say that you let it happen because you did nothing, is that not far more depressing than the latter option?

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I'm not okay with doing nothing forever.



Sometimes you have to do what's necessary.

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[ex_texting536]

I am happy that you realize that much.

Indeed. And that is what war is.

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You seem to know a lot.

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[ex_texting536]

Because I live and make decisions.

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Do you ever regret making them?

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[ex_texting536]

No, because they are mine.

They are my responsibility and my actions. Why should I regret when I can learn to not make the same mistakes in the future, instead?

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What if you keep making the same mistake over and over again?

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[ex_texting536]

I don't. :)

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What would you do if that situation ever came up?

Would it just be okay for you to go on knowing you keep making mistakes?

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[ex_texting536]

I'd change my behavior.

Insanity is listed as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, after all.

If the first way didn't work, do it another way. That is the most logical course of action.

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Logical you say?

So in other words trial and error?

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[ex_texting536]

Yes.

Like filling in answers for a crossword. Eventually, everything falls into place and the puzzle is complete.

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The crosswords and blank spaces.

Those things couldn't you just.

You don't need to know where to find them anymore, right?

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[ex_texting536]

No. I know where they are now.

Ah, where are my manners? I should introduce myself, right?

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You can do what you want, I guess.

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[ex_texting536]

Very well.

I am Major Segai Waltz Makoto of the Anti-Bodies. How do you do?

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The Anti-Bodies? You mean you're from the GHQ?

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[ex_texting536]

Yes.

That means you are from my world.

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No, I'm not.

I just heard about it from somewhere.

You can learn a lot from this city.

We've never met before.

Or anything.

[LIES AND BLASPHEMY.]

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[ex_texting536]

[ Ah. Well, he's willing to play along. ]

Then someone from my world is here.

Who told you about the Anti-Bodies and GHQ?

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I don't know.

You can't expect me to memorize the names of everyone I speak to here.