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[glowsferatu]

It Is My Regrettable Duty To Inform You That The Count Of Those Present On This Plane No Longer Includes The Following
Jake English
Feferi Peixes
Roxy Lalonde
Rose Lalonde
And Karkat Vantas

There Are Others Missing Also But I Havent Identified Them
Just That The Number Of Familiar Threads Are Fewer In Number
It Seems As Though Some Sort Of Mass Exodus Was Accomplished While We Slept Last Night
And We Are The Ones Left Behind In Its Aftermath

I Wonder If We Havent Offended Her In Some Way

Comments

[glowsferatu]

And Wouldnt That Apply Just As Much To Lachesis As It Does To Us
One Cannot Expect Another To Understand Your Own Meaning
But That Shouldnt Prevent You From Attempting To Understand Theirs

[xuffasch]

she doesn't count.
she's not even a person

[glowsferatu]

That Doesnt Rule Out The Capacity For Developing Her Own Sense Of Meaning
Given The Effect Her Very Existence Has On Ours I Think That Should Be Relevant To All Of Us

[xuffasch]

the only way it would be relevant is if it taught us how to defeat her
understanding her isn't an end to itself

[glowsferatu]

Well You Can Hardly Engage An Enemy If You Havent First Endeavored To Know Them
Fighting Blindly Ends Most Often In Defeat

[xuffasch]

no
that's just what people would have you believe.

[glowsferatu]

But Theres Truth To It When Youre Pretty Plainly Outmatched
It Takes More Than Tenacity To Conquer A Foe Who Is Your Superior In Every Other Area
That Only Works If Youre Already Dead
As By The End Of Such A Conflict You Will Be Either Way

[xuffasch]

it takes a winning hand
something to ensure you'll be victorious no matter whom you face.

[glowsferatu]

And You Dont Think A Proper Understanding Of Her Mindset Would Provide That

[xuffasch]

has it, yet?

[glowsferatu]

Well Obviously We Would First Have To Acquire That Understanding Before It Could Serve Our Purposes
It Cant Do Us Any Good While We Still Lack It

[xuffasch]

everyone claims they know that she's sadistic and random.
that hasn't helped. and what if that's all there is?

[glowsferatu]

Yes But Those Are As You Said Merely Claims
Suppositions And Theories
Not Genuine Knowledge
So Until A Way Could Be Discovered To Know More What Can We Really Claim to Know
How Can We Rule Out That Such Knowledge Would Be Useful

[xuffasch]

because we keep coming back to the same questions and not getting anywhere with them.

[glowsferatu]

Then Perhaps The Wrong Inquiries Are Being Made To The Wrong Sources

[xuffasch]

you think there's a source left we haven't tried?

[glowsferatu]

We Implies A Collective
A Sharing Of Knowledge That Ive Never Seen Occur
What Sources Have You Tried

[xuffasch]

all of the ones available
obviously

[glowsferatu]

Specifics

[xuffasch]

it's easy enough to search through the network
anyone can do it, at least up to the point after it crashed.

you could compile anything moderately useful that way.

[glowsferatu]

At Best That Only Gives You A Handful Of Fragments
Nothing Comprehensive Or Direct You Only Hear What The People Speaking Have Said
Assuming They Even Say Anything Of Importance Or Truth Publicly
If Thats Your Only Source Then Its Severely Lacking