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[menocrede.livejournal.com]

What did I say about consequences?

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[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Why punish either of us? I was only trying to help my friend. Anyone with a heart would do the same. Wouldn't you, Calum?

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

You looked for the truth, now you must reap the consequenecs of those actions. There was no reason for you to pry.

And at one time, I may have. I learned better.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Am I Eve, then?
Well, I don't believe in the story of Eden. Knowledge is power. Truth is the key to survival. You are a fool and a tyrant to suggest that my peers and I are better off remaining ignorant.

You are meddling with our lives. It is our right to know why.

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

Lilith would know more about that than I, now wouldn't she?

Perhaps in this case, you should have remained ignorant. It is, after all, bliss.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Lilith isn't really that Lilith, is she? I figured it was a common name for succubi.

But you are only repeating yourself, and that's no way to win an argument. Ignorance is never bliss. That is a lie used to mollify workers so they don't go prying into the secrets of their masters. A person with intelligence is harder to control.

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

You should really ask her one day. She has such an interesting story.

I repeated myself last night too, if I recall. I figured both of you were hard of hearing since my advice was not heeded the first time. As I said, I have work to finish - forgive me if this in anyway... "inconveniences" you.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

And I keep repeating myself, but you refuse to give me a straight answer.
That's Josiah's mind you're messing with. Maybe we don't need to know what this work of yours is, but he deserves recompense for what you've done to him.

You were him, weren't you? What happened to you, that you've lost so much of who you were?

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

There will be no damage done, so I hardly see why it's of importance to you.

Was I him? Of course not - but how do you think we're having this conversation?

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Loss of memory counts as damage in my book.

I assume you are controlling his body.
Who were you, if not Josiah? Or, if you will not answer that, then how did you come to be inhabiting his subconscious?

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

It's inconsequential.

As for your question... well, isn't that a puzzle you'll enjoy trying to figure out?

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Will his memory be restored when you finish whatever it is you're doing?
And if so, how soon will that be?

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

His memory of the past two years will be restored when I choose for it to be. I work on my own schedule.

Time is hardly relevant to me.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, most of us do not have the luxury of immortality. Josiah is a valued member of the Refugees. He's an asset. It is an inconvenience to have him in his current state, and if you are not going to tell us why you need him like this, then I at least ask you to restore those memories within a reasonably short amount of time. You owe us more than that, but I don't expect to get much cooperation from you.

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

I know how oppressive the chains of morality can be - perhaps more than you know.

You have my apologies, then, for failing to meet your ideal standards.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Was that a freudian slip? Morality instead of mortality?

Whatever the case, I think you're being pompous and disrespectful, and I think you have distanced yourself from humanity more than is healthy.
Coming from me, that's an inch away from hypocrisy, but it's true. I don't want to be your enemy. I would rather understand you and even help you, if what you're trying to accomplish isn't harmful. You are using my friend, so you cannot say that it's none of my business.

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

It would seem so.

I fail to see what's so good about humanity that I would want to keep myself close to it.

Maybe we can speak on another occasion, if you so care to.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I know what you mean, because I've often argued the same, but humanity does have a few good points. The ability to care about others so much that you would endanger yourself to protect them, for instance.
Humans are social creatures. It's instinct, and if you were ever human, than there must be some need for companionship in you, even if it's buried deep. I will offer that, if your goal does not go too far against my moral standards.

I will speak to you whenever you wish. I would rather that than put up with your silence while you reside within my friend.

[menocrede.livejournal.com]

Consider my interests piqued.

Soon, then.

[songbird9.livejournal.com]

Your manner of speech is beginning to remind me of the last humanity-begrudging immortal with questionable motives whom I befriended. I hope for the sake of your own well-being as much as mine that you are less corrupted than Xemnas was.