#iglica

[gallifreyborn]

@iglica liked for a starter.

Luck, Romana rather thought, didn’t exist. Across time and space, many different cultures believed in it, or concepts similar to it, because it helped to make sense of that which couldn’t be entirely understood. But it didn’t really exist - there was no ‘good luck’ or ‘bad luck’, there were simply choices, and the consequences of those choices.

Still, Romana thought, as she looked at the rather hungry-looking local fauna, if luck did exist, she would be rather fed up with only seeming to receive the bad end of the spectrum.

“Oh, I am really not very delicious,” Romana said, as if the creature could understand her, “and I am probably very tough from all of the running. Really, I think I’ll just give you indigestion.”

In one of her pockets, she had a flare. If she could just reach it, she could startle the creature and make her escape. Probably.

[framonariatlas]

Wrocław

© Franco Monari

[avske]

Centennial Hall, Wrocław, Poland

[gallifreyborn]

@iglica said:  " self preservation is nothing to be ashamed of. it’s how we learn to survive. " from here.

There was nothing wrong with what Konstantin said. It was factually true. Every species in the galaxy possessed a powerful self-preservation instinct; if they didn’t they would be wiped out, and another species would take their place. Romana knew that, as every Time Tot on Gallifrey did.

But the concept was... more complex than it may initially seem. Romana knew that self-preservation was powerful, that it was important, that it was necessary to survivial, but as she had travelled the universe, she had seen those who took it further; who thought that their own self-preservation relied on the subjugation, or even total extermination, of others.

"Self-preservation alone, perhaps.” Romana finally agreed, watching the rain fall outside. “But where do you draw the line? At what point do you re-evaluate your definition of self-preservation-- - or accept that fighting will do nothing but prolong suffering for all involved? Or would you posit that we are only responsible for our own survival?”

[etourdit]

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[witeksphotosofwroclaw]

Wroclaw, Poland - Pergole in autumn scenery & the area.

[wutomek]

[czekoladowykisiel]

Industrializm. Tak mi się to kojarzy.