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[imhome]

[ On the Network today is an anonymous post, with what appears to be a transcribed fairy tale. How interesting... and random. ]

The God of Peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look in a mirror, and blows his horn every day.
The God of Peace's horn makes everyone happy.

The God of Peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look in a mirror, and pours his magical water.
The magical water creates green mountains, ripens crops, and makes flower gardens grow.

The God of Peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look in a mirror, and gives everyone a name.
"Your name is Otto. Your name is Hans. Your name is Thomas. Your name is Johan."
Johan gave his hat to the god as a gift in return.

The god was very happy.
Because he wanted to see himself wearing the hat, he stood in front of a mirror for the first time.
However, what he saw in the mirror was a demon. From inside the mirror, the demon spoke to him. "I am you, and you are me."

"Oh no! No one can live in peace with a demon like this! What should I do?"

So the troubled god ...

Tell me. How does the story end?

Comments

[notnina]

What if he couldn't control the demon?

[averagemedium]

If he couldn't control it then why wouldn't the demon have done anything before then?

[notnina]

It wanted to hide.

[averagemedium]

In that case? If he couldn't control it, best he could do is probably just try to fix whatever it hurt. Try to balance it out, and all.

[notnina]

And if the demon brought death, how would he do that?

[averagemedium]

Find ways to make it harder for it to kill, maybe? ...I'm sure there'd be options.

[notnina]

But there would be no way to restore the life already lost.

[averagemedium]

There never is. It just... seems like it'd be a shame to lose all the good he did as well, if they were both killed instead.

[notnina]

Wouldn't that count as one final good deed?

[averagemedium]

If nothing else worked, it might. Death's more a last resort.

[notnina]

How long should he wait until he uses that resort?

[averagemedium]

However long it takes to be sure there's no other way. ...with allowances made for how high the toll is. If this is something like the demon wiping out towns I'd say that merits coming to a much quicker decision.

[notnina]

Is there a certain number?

[averagemedium]

Not really? I mean, it's hard to put a specific amount on it, it's pretty subjective. Just. The worse it is, the quicker it ought to be handled.

[notnina]

So it's more about a feeling in the moment than a definite threshold?

[averagemedium]

Sort of? It'd depend on when it felt like it was too much.

...I suppose it's a good thing I don't have to make those sorts of decisions, isn't it. Think that'd end pretty poorly.

[notnina]

I wouldn't say that. You came to the same result as many others.