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[intelligently]

Just before I get started, just in case anyone wanted to say 'oh hey, Lydia, you're back'? I am but I'm not. I know that I've been here before, I was happily told that, but I don't remember it. So for anyone that did know me you might want to reintroduce yourself first.

Now that that's out of the way, I've been doing some reading. With everything that has happened and is supposed to I want to know what I'm going to be in for. Apparently that's not the easiest thing to do. Not concisely, anyway. But what's a network full of people for if not to help someone out?

One of the gods has died before and it saved us when we should have died. [ That she found out from the network rather than a book, helpful soul ] Have any of the others died or was it just this one? Because I'm assuming that we're still in a war, so what's happened since and why was that incident so different? Cliff notes version, preferably.

[ She'll get the longer version from her books later. Or from this next part ]

And if you did know me before? We need to have coffee. At least say hello.

Comments

[livedtwice]

I don't believe everything, but I think it's also bad to start off believing the worst.

[intelligently]

If you believe the worst it might be hard to get disappointed, or for something worse to happen.

[ At least you were prepared even if it was a terrible view point ]

But in war you should at least believe you have a chance to win, or you never will.

[livedtwice]

[Harry debates over her words. It's complicated. Fighting wars. Fighting and having direction. He knows what it's like to fight with no idea where to go, no idea what should come next.

And he's succeeded, if only because he had to, if only because he had no other choice.]

I think some people are able to do what they can for others as much as they can.

[intelligently]

As in just helping people but getting nowhere or in doing more than that?

[livedtwice]

No ... er, I guess it's more that, they want to help people, even if they don't believe they'll succeed.

[intelligently]

Then at least they get points for trying.

I don't want to believe that we won't succeed.

[livedtwice]

Neither do I, and we have done well in our battles, so it's a fair believe to have.

[intelligently]

Then let's just keep doing well and it'll be fine.

[livedtwice]

You make it sound so simple.

[intelligently]

Why shouldn't it be? The more complex with make thinking about it the more complex it could become.

[livedtwice]

Well, I've fought a war before. They typically aren't ... simple.

[intelligently]

You still don't have to make it any more complicated.

[livedtwice]

I suppose not, but to ignore its complications would be ill-advised, too.