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“Experience, hm… your statement is true, to some level.”
All this said with a sideways smile befitting of a complex character such as them - frightening, beguiling, and above all impossible to read to the average mortal. They bring their fingers - bony, a bit too long and thin to be considered human - to their chin, and stroke it thoughtfully.
“But experience also allows men to steer clear of dangers unbeknownst to them before, now clear as day. Take, for example, the man who attempts to save his companion tied to the train tracks. He finds out, later, that this companion of his was unfaithful in every sense of the word - he thinks that, perhaps, he shouldn’t save her the next time.”
A pause, as they balance all their weight on the tip of their foot.
“And fortunately for his sanity, in this hypothetical situation, when she is met with the promise of death again, he does not save her. His experience taught him, therefore, that the life of someone who does make a mistake is inferior to that of his tarnished feelings. However, many people might argue that this is, in fact, a morally right decision.”
“Who knows, then? It is all subjective after all. Mortals are not so boring, I assure you of that.”
He stood straight, brows furrowed slightly in thought as he crossed his arms over his chest. While his companion spoke, he tapped a finger against his arm lightly, letting the words sink in. Experience was something an old soldier relied on to keep him alive on the battlefield. Experience was something that separated the young from the old; it was what children and young adults looked to in their elders------a level of aspiration they one day hoped to have under their belts. With experience came stories, both terrible and wonderful... Yet it was all too often used as a blanket term to lessen the effects of one’s shortcomings. Failures? No, it was experience. Something to never do again.
“Perhaps so, but it is also more common that by the time they realise these dangers, it is far too late.” Such was the way for many he worked with. “And in many cases, these dangers are exponential; they will affect more than the person in question.”
“But you also operate under the assumption that they will learn the dangers in every scenario and make an attempt to avoid repeating it again later. It may be the case that they fail to grasp exactly what has gone wrong and so they repeat it.”
Humans were a strange species---contradictory, emotional, occasionally impossible to predict---yet if there was one thing that resonated with him, it was the fact that they were not boring.
“Though I suppose the fact that it is subjective certainly holds true. What else, pray tell, do you find so interesting about them then?”