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[dragony]

It's been a while, but I suppose I'm curious—and it's hard to do much for curiosity, once it's born, is there? Some feelings can't be snuffed out, once they exist, no matter how much you might wish for it.

[ The voice is that of a young woman, somewhere between late teens and early twenties, lower-middle pitch and a steady cadence. A little tired, perhaps a little bored, but not irritably so. ]

Darkness, Earth, Water, Light, Wind, or Flame.

Choose one, please. But, before you do, know that there's no right answer, or wrong answer, and there's no moral component to any of them. "Light" doesn't mean good; "darkness" doesn't mean evil. Only whichever suits you. Something a little trivial, perhaps, but I'd like to hear your answers.

Thanks.

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[nitidus]

Pride, mostly. I ignored my gut instinct in favor of thinking I could think my way out of any bad situations.

[dragony]

Mmm, I can see how that would lead to problems. But pride, the overemphasis on one's own rational judgments, those are frequently the follies of light as well.

[nitidus]

Do you suppose I've made myself a complicated paradox?

[dragony]

I don't think people can be paradoxes.

[nitidus]

[oh what irony]

Perhaps not in the literal. But a metaphorical sense, maybe.

[dragony]

Even then, I think people can be hypocrites, certainly, but not paradoxes.