After the mess in Brussels

[itbelongsinamuseum]

[Following the mission where Ren returned, Alex was somewhat distracted and preoccupied. She didn't do anything too unusual or anything, she was just more quiet and thoughtful than usual. And right now she's sitting at a table in one of the common rooms, a pretty heavy looking book and some coffee in front of her. She's pretty clearly not able to actually pay attention to the book.]

So...What are we supposed to take away from that?

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[brought_it_back]

[And here's someone else, with some coffee of her own.]

Oh, Alex.

Is something wrong?

[itbelongsinamuseum]

Just trying to figure out how resurrection fits into my world view.

...I don't even know where to start making sense of it.

[brought_it_back]

Oh, well...That's not that hard, is it? Ren even explained what was happening.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

I'm not really religious. I mean, I go to church every Christmas and have had my confirmation and all, but I never really thought about it...But, people coming to life is still a miracle and with how long Ren was dead, if there is an afterlife they must have been there. And if not, if you're just gone when you die, how was there anything left to return?

[brought_it_back]

Oh, that...

I'm not an authority, or anything, but...I wouldn't really worry about it too much.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

There is clearly something beyond what I thought I knew. If Sumerian gods, Nep and that firebird who recently returned to fight near Sakihama hadn't already told me that. But it doesn't really resemble any religion I know either and people just sorta returning to life without God being involved sounds faintly wrong.

...I guess it's at least comforting that there appears to be something after we die.

[dolorous_sensei]

I guess the moral is... Don't be a genetically-engineered slave race?

[itbelongsinamuseum]

Because that's going to be generally applicable. Or addresses the implications of somebody coming back to life and then ascending to a higher plane without invoking any gods.

[dolorous_sensei]

So, taking account of that, the moral of this whole shenanigans is... If you're genetically engineering a slave race you have enough moral and philosophical quandary, so make sure you don't add to that quandary by adding more questions like "is there a higher plane of existence."

[itbelongsinamuseum]

Clearly.

It was silly of me to wonder about this too much. Especially since I'm not part of a genetically engineered slave race.

[brought_it_back]

...It is hard to tell what will come after. We'll only know for sure when we arrive, right?

But...I'm not worried. We've gone through many battles, and helped many people-even when it seemed impossible. And then there are things like today...

...Whatever's out there...I don't think it's evil.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

Thanks...

[Alex leans back in the couch taking a sip from her coffee.]

I guess I just like feeling like I know what's going on. How the world works and what it's all about.

...If there's a god who really wants us to not eat licorice or whatever.