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[time_for_lynn]

Why does death make people sad?

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I know, I owe tags, the wee one is being a butt.

[too_human]

Because death means something is lost.

It's okay :)

[time_for_lynn]

But they're not really lost.

Thanks, will have them soon.

[too_human]

What do you mean by that? [Ara talked to very few children aside from the one who lived with her so her skills with them were sketchy at best.]

No rush, take your time. Muses can be stubborn.

[time_for_lynn]

Death is not always the end. [Lynn mostly talks to adults, so doesn't see anything weird about explaining a little more to Ara]

Yeah they can. lol

[too_human]

[She was barely an adult and likely less in terms of immortality but after everything she had been through she certainly felt much older then her twenty years. Still, perhaps it was not so awkward, she remembered asking things like this when she was fairly small and likely not too much younger then the girl standing before her so she had no real way of gauging what had been normal for a child either way. Ara looked down at her, studying her with a pair of very sad dark blue eyes though her face remained stoic.] Why are you asking about these things and how do you know that?

[time_for_lynn]

[Lynn was still young in years, but knew a lot more than anyone should about certain subjects.] Someone that I know had a death in their family, and won't stop crying, and it's just something that I know. But I don't wanna scare you.

[blue_blazes]

All the Lost potential.

[too_human]

[That would make two of them.] Many people are familiar with death, losing someone important to you is going to be difficult. Scare me? [Not likely. Why would that scare her? She was afraid of more things then she was willing to admit but it would take more then just those words.] Empathy would be more suitable.

[time_for_lynn]

The dead people aren't really lost because they're ghosts, and people are scared of ghosts. [ Lynn folds her arms, almost certain that the woman will tell her ghosts don't exist or that she is being creepy] I'm gonna have to try empathy on people, thanks.

[ridesheadless]

Because most mortals don't understand it.

[time_for_lynn]

I still don't understand. Won't it make people want to do more and not just sit around and be sad?

[time_for_lynn]

It's not that hard to understand. Maybe they all need more school.

[blue_blazes]

People get sad because all the things that could have been, can't happen. It's why we say 'Live life to the fullest' so you regrets missing out of less.

[time_for_lynn]

I think I understand but it's still not a reason to be really sad. Because you can do those things and remember that the person who died might be glad that you did it. Or if you hated them you can brag and no one would care.

[ridesheadless]

[She laughs a bit.]

Yeah, maybe - but that'd be a damn morbid subject. I don't find it hard to understand, but humans don't know what happens to them afterwards. And what they don't know, they fear and even loathe.

It's what they do.

[bit_awkward]

I think it's because it's the one thing we don't really understand.

[blue_blazes]

Sure thing sweet-pea, and it sure helps. But it's always still a bit sad because they don't get to do them before they died.

[time_for_lynn]

You could always die and have someone bring you back before it's permanent.