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Maybe Not
But That Isnt Really The Point Either
The Point Is When You Do Send Soldiers There Youd Want To Properly Equip Them
Anything Less And Youre Pretty Much All Dead Against A Force That Actually Does

I know.

The military in the Walls is just a farce. It still irritates me. Being expected to play soldier in a military that awards the strongest the furthest positions from where they're effective or needed.

Well Theyre Hardly Going To Conquer Galaxies That Way
The Alternian Way May Have Been Harsh But At Least We Knew What We Were Doing
Only The STRONGest Comprised Our Front Lines
And Any Critical Combatants Held Behind Were Usually Psychics

They're protecting an insular group within the Walls, conquest isn't really a concern.

You Mean The Walls You Were Knocking Down

Technically.

Well In a Defensive Position There Can Be Some Tactical Advantage To Fortifying Locations That Are Seen As Strategically Important
But Only If There Is A Possibility They Will Be Attacked
So You Had Opened That Possibility

Was That Insular Group Among Your Targets

It was just self serving.

That's a possibility.

Well I Cant Speak With Any Certainty On The Mismanagement Of Things There Having Not Seen It Myself
But One Might Say That Self-Serving As It Is Your Mission In A Way Justified The Very Aspects You Criticize
And As An Enemy You May Have Certain Biases

Still That Certainly Isnt How Our Empress Guarded Herself
But As A General Rule We Knew That If We Intended To Survive We Shouldnt Depend On Any Other To Defend Us
That Extended No Less To Her
She Ruled As A Demonstration Of Her Own Personal Power
At Least Thats What Every Propaganda She Had Published Ever Said
So It Can At Least Be Said That Strength In That Form Was Valued

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One might say.

[ she won't argue it, since it is true - anyone with that delicate a power base would want to protect it. ]

Two very different cultural beliefs at heart. It's interesting to think about.

Its A Value System That Can Be Difficult To Translate To Earth
They Do Things Very Differently Here
But Not Always Better

Each culture seems to handle these things in different manners. Though I've seen more conflict over small things and their impact (umbrellas meaning different things to people from different countries) than the large... most discussions touching on what we've been saying are better to redirect.

Sorry Whats This About Umbrellas
How Could An Umbrella Mean Anything More Than Keeping Out The Rain

I don't think it serves an actual function past that, but in some cultures, sharing an umbrella is apparently an intimate gesture when done with any other than family members. Intimate seems to imply romantic interest in this case. Regardless, it's not common across cultures, but as a consequence, I'm not inviting the headache of sharing umbrellas with anyone from more modern times in Japan again anytime soon.

[ the things she learns, man, the things she learns and agrees with Artemis about these things being stupid (but worth respecting when she's aware) ]

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Well I Cant Speak To Japanese Customs
But It Does Recall A Song I Know
Id Say It Isnt Necessarily Specific To The Umbrellas Themselves So Much As The Forced Proximity
Forced Proximity Is A Rather Storied Trope In Romantic Narratives

[ kanaya's always had a very...special relationship with this kind of thing. ]

Forced proximity? That sounds unfortunate.

[ forced carries weird connotations.

she does not know any of these tropes. at all. ]

[ she just needs to hear it from a romance fan, she got one. ]

Well Forced In This Case Is More Implied By The Small Space
You Can Only Fit So Much Under An Umbrella
Ill Just Let Rihanna Explain

[ what ]

Spacial awareness can keep it from being all that uncomfortable.

[ as in, be aware it's limited space and deal with it as a reasonable person, it's just another means of avoiding ending up soaked ]

I find it almost amusing how inappropriate that song is for anyone among the imPort population. "We'll never be worlds apart?"

Well Maybe Not In The Specifics No
An Import Relationship Is Better Built On Shared Experience Than Empty Promises
Passing Ships In The Night As It Were
But It Is At Least An Indication Of Where The Idea Takes Its Origin
The More General Conceit Is One Of Sharing Those Experiences Together And Offering
I Dont Know
Reprieve From Them
Shelter And Protection
Using The Umbrella In A Storm As Its Central Metaphor
The Mistake Is In Believing That It Will Be Unending
Which While I Will Forgive That She Has Never Been Pulled Into Another Universe For Any Extended Period Of Time
Is Perhaps A Little Naive Anyway
But The Only People Who Like To Dwell On The Inevitable Ending Are Sad And Desperate

[ aka kanaya. ]

Being aware that things end doesn't have to be sad and desperate. Unless it takes from you any enjoyment you have along the way... then it's easier not to form those bonds you'll regret in the aftermath. Or so I've felt before. At the same time... an idea of something, or someone like that, it has an appeal, doesn't it? Like finding a bit of clarity in the chaos of the world.

[ Something warm or tangible to hold on to, for a while. It's nothing she's experienced personally, not to any deep degree. It required an honesty she couldn't afford, and the mission, much as she did not like or respect it, came first. But she didn't fault people for caring. Needle them for being overprotective at the detriment of the one they cared about? Yes.

Yet love in all it's non-obsessive, destroying forms, is not something she looks down on. Neither is friendship. So she supposes, on those grounds, she can understand, even if that understanding is gaining unfortunate allusions to umbrellas... which are a neat enough invention on their own. ]

The world is painful and confusing enough on its own. Pulling something warmer out of it for a while... that would be something worth having.

[ in before anyone mistakes annie as being a closet romantic. a realist can still see how strong bonds of all kinds are worthwhile, even as they hurt. nothing may be meant to last. it doesn't make things not worth trying, when you have the chance. ]

It's still a silly song. A little better than the song about being blue.

Is That The One By Billie Holiday
Because I Dont Know I Rather Like That One

[ though kanaya manages to still be gay even when she's blue. but her plans with her man don't tend to fall through, for the same reason. ]

Still I think Theres A Significant Difference Between Awareness Of An End In The Distant Future And Dwelling On It
Dwelling Is Where The Desperation Originates
Few Love Songs Approach That Topic With A Casual Attitude
And Being Within Those Moments I Can Understand Why They Wouldnt
To Hold Something Beautiful And Warm
A Light That Pierces Your Isolated Darkness
And Then To Know That It Will One Day Slip Through Your Fingers

Its A Frightening Thought

Eiffel Sixty-Five, I think.

[ look, it's a song inumuta was listening to on the track months back, she has no idea who or what billie holiday is ]

Yes. I can see why it is. But I guess, when you're used to having nothing, the idea of having something for a while is... nice.

Im Going To Keep Talking So As To Help Myself Forget Whatever Nonsense I Just Listened To

[ girl, she judgin' ]

It Is Nice
The Old Saying Goes That Its Better To Have Loved And Lost Than Never Have Loved At All
And While Im Not Always Certain Of That
Its Certainly Worthwhile To Have

I Told You A While Back That Youll Have To Find Your Reason To Pull Yourself Back To Your Feet When You Fall
Well Thats Mine

Well you are green, I think the base statement is opposite of any state you support.

[ at some point you just stop caring and just start realizing you have the worst pop culture education ever and that's okay ]

I'll probably focus on something more personally obtainable, but it's a sentiment I can understand.

I'm glad you have your reason. I hope the better parts of it are the ones you hold closest to heart.

Still If Thats What Youre Listening To We Will Absolutely Need To Get You Some Wider Exposure

[ just five months and she's already on such a bad track, who can rightly consider that okay ]

But There Isnt Any Reason You Should Have To Follow The Same Template
Where Your Passions Lie Is Hardly As Important As That They Lie Somewhere
And It Has To Be About You
Centering Everything Entirely On Others Will Only Hurt You In The End

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after about how long it takes to listen to that song...

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four minutes later

oh no

laughs directly into the sun