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[14thcommander]

It's Hange, Hange, Hange! Were you looking for me? I'll get back to you posthaste. Or when it's convenient.

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[14thcommander]

[She sits too, kicking back and sitting cross-legged in the armchair.]

Aha. Now this is a tough balance to strike. Sometimes it's important to put the opinions of others aside and pursue what means most to you. Sometimes, though, it's the right thing to do to take those feelings into account.

[beejfu]

How do I know when to say 'fuck em'?

[He twists in the chair, to throw his legs over the one side and his head over the other]

[14thcommander]

Well, before you say 'fuck 'em': have you done what you can to make sure the people protesting are safe? Will your success or failure impact their safety somehow?

[beejfu]

Who cares?

[14thcommander]

You, ideally.

When you care, you'll be that much closer to graduating.

[beejfu]

But caring is what kills me in the first place!

[14thcommander]

Yes... it can be risky. But that doesn’t mean it’s not important to do, or that doing it successfully won’t improve your life! It means you have to balance risk and your own safety.

[beejfu]

[A low, long whine of frustration]

People suck. Breathers suck. They're boring, Hange! How do I give a crap about someone who's boring? Fake it until I make it?

[14thcommander]

You know what's funny? You and Bill sound so alike about that. The masses. But the thing is, it's easy to disregard an undifferentiated mass! But once you're in the trenches you see people closer up...

[beejfu]

Bill is a national treasure.

Yeah, okay, certain persons are cool and all but I'm talking about when you get them in a room together and they become people.

[14thcommander]

I’m not sure what to tell you. I don’t think there’s one thing to say to address this, honestly. I think probably, your response to that needs to change for you to graduate, even if your feelings don’t. And that’s probably something you have to live your way into.

[as opposed to theorizing himself into empathy.]

[beejfu]

[He gives a low, low whine]

I've been dead for-EVER. I don't know how to live! And even if I did, it would take so many goddamn years!