[ Moiraine pretty much nailed it with that one, unfortunately. Poison is a pretty apt description for the Kenoma, even if it isn't one that will kill you. There's a spiritual death it sounds like people might go through though once it's in their system, considering what he's hearing about Amos any way...
A shiver threatens to run down his spine at the thought, but he's always been pretty good at keeping visible signs of his emotions at bay when he wants. It's all just a matter of taking how unnerved he feels at this new, simple knowledge, and swallowing it down so he doesn't give any visible tell.
That clarified "all" still doesn't convey just how close so many of them came to that tipping point.
This question gives Ernesto more pause than any of the others so far, because he really has to turn it over his his head for awhile. ]
To unmake existence, and give it another go.
[ And this is the part that he's a little hesitant to fess up to, but... ]
I kind of get it. I came from a world that was a mess in a lot of ways. A lot of people suffered pretty needlessly, but there wasn't a lot that those suffering could do to change their situation.
[ And he's not entirely sure he could do much to change it for them either. ]
But I guess I'm a little too short sided for their goals. I can't quite get on board with destroying all those lives that are still struggling to survive, no matter the circumstances.
[ He fixes his gaze on Rand now, there's still a smile on his face, but his expression is a little hard to read. ]
Not that I'm saying I'm right for thinking that way either. If nothing else, at least while you're among us, you have a little more time to figure it out for yourself, instead of having a belief immediately forced onto you.
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A shiver threatens to run down his spine at the thought, but he's always been pretty good at keeping visible signs of his emotions at bay when he wants. It's all just a matter of taking how unnerved he feels at this new, simple knowledge, and swallowing it down so he doesn't give any visible tell.
That clarified "all" still doesn't convey just how close so many of them came to that tipping point.
This question gives Ernesto more pause than any of the others so far, because he really has to turn it over his his head for awhile. ]
To unmake existence, and give it another go.
[ And this is the part that he's a little hesitant to fess up to, but... ]
I kind of get it. I came from a world that was a mess in a lot of ways. A lot of people suffered pretty needlessly, but there wasn't a lot that those suffering could do to change their situation.
[ And he's not entirely sure he could do much to change it for them either. ]
But I guess I'm a little too short sided for their goals. I can't quite get on board with destroying all those lives that are still struggling to survive, no matter the circumstances.
[ He fixes his gaze on Rand now, there's still a smile on his face, but his expression is a little hard to read. ]
Not that I'm saying I'm right for thinking that way either. If nothing else, at least while you're among us, you have a little more time to figure it out for yourself, instead of having a belief immediately forced onto you.