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 Dear Anakin, for as long as you've known him, Obiwan learned just as much from
 you as you did from him. His title as "master" was a formality - he didn't get
 it because he was better than you, and "padawan" does not mean you are lesser.
 There is no hierarchy. He was learning to teach at the same speed that you
 learnt to learn. You built each other up, an unstoppable force for good in the
 galaxy.
 
 But then an evil wizard stole your heart and twisted your mind. Have no fear,
 fear is the path to the dark side. Your mother knows this well, for it is a
 common lesson among all people as they age. Fear not, hate not, and feel fury
 more than rage. You can bring the universe into a bright golden age, never
 forget your purpose and your [potential / duty]
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║ "Then you are my enemy." said Anakin Skywalker, aligning himself toward his      │
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║ And yet, was the galaxy not safer and more content under the protection of       │
║ those he aligned himself against? Was there not more progress, more culture,     │
║ more cherished peaceful yearnings of hope and abandoned [fear, but pronounced    │
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║ He, as the ultimate arbiter of justice and fate in this crucial turning point    │
║ of time and reality that he alone could judge and direct, chose the path of      │
║ least resistance.                                                                │
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║ "That which is right is most often that which is hard." said a wiser man than    │
║ I, for I cannot be compared as a man since I relinquished it in pursuit of       │
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║ And thus, society fell under the spell of a rotten vindictively and              │
║ remorselessly sharp avatar of fear, and thus the empire was born. Oh that        │
║ Anakin might have learned! That he might preside in his own live, and            │
║ disconnect from the endlessly escorcelled web of meaning!                        │
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║ All that we are is our actions. We live in the now - NOW NOW.                    │
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 dear-anakin
 
 (sorry I put the same image four times, I needed to get the whole thing into
 the alt-text)
 
 (maybe pictures aren't the best medium for sharing text)
dear anakin. the path through this is to realize that obi-wan can defeat sidious. If the two of you attacked him, with Yoda (who he doesn't know lives) could defeat Sidious in a duel.  ... wait, no I mean dear anakin. the path through this is to realize that sidious betrayed the entire galaxy. he caused mass murder with the countless displays of dead civiilians. people lived in fear. the galaxy was at war. countless clone warriors fell to a glorious end, countless more were sucked into the vacuum of space or consumed in some fiery hell-hole (explosion).  ... I've said too much. NOW YOU KNOW of fourth dimensionals.  ... hang on, I was saying dear anakin. the path through this is to consider the wisdom of a dying man's eyes. He looked at you and said "we desired peace!" He said it with pleading eyes, and... no, that's not right, he said "Sidious promised us PEACE." and he realized that they truly played this like a game. Something to get better at, continuously improving, just like their BATTLE DROIDS. They constantly improved, but still the ingenuity of the clones helped them outlast. And they were defeated, when their torrential rains of metal monsters wielding laser fists and cacophanous consumes finally ceased.  ... wait, that's not what I meant to say either. Let's try again: dear anakin, the path through this is to think of the nature of evil. Evil consumes! It consumes even you! Can you not feel it, this shifting and sinking feeling, as if you are PULLED into a BLACK HOLE of destruction and despair. NOTHING persists beyond the horizon of time, and yet the shades of those who TRIED still cling to this earth as if they could ever breathe again. STARVE out the darkness inside you! Please I beg of you! Never surrender the light of your life! Nothing will survive you and your wrath, I plead for you, come back to the ones who love you! Obi-wan is your brother, anakin, you are more precious than the force!  it's not about you. it's not about you. it's not about you.  anakin, hear me now, I have been inspired by your tales of valor and prescient conscience. I've felt the struggles of your heart, I've heard the stories and songs. Kindness comes easy to you, and you're quick to think on your feet. You are a paladin of the light, and nothing can assail you.  yet darkness has creeped into your heart. Fear not, dear knight, for darkness can consume you. What better foe to face than the dampening of all duration? please, allow me to read you a poem. I've been told it rhymes in it's native tongue. I wrote it myself.  "*can you not sense this feeling? this sinking, shifting feeling that lies within and beyond. Like a hitherto unseen force slowly arresting our movements as the sands of time run dry.  can you not feel the days getting longer? as if the motion of our planet was fading, yet no more fragments of sunshine do we gather. There are no more hours in the day, none yet collected, but still are we prone to languish. the distance between breaths is lenghening still, but no more air are we receiving. like layers of sediment settling to the ocean bed, our will and our vision grows muted. between decisions and events there is ample time to spare, and our dreams grow far beyond our share. the reach we may tender and barter for our pleasure, has nothing to do with our salvation. what choices have we? when everything's free? to rebel against our ownst of nature? you can't condemn the opulent to the role of our savior.*"
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 The jedi order fell because they gave their wisest the decision-making powers
 and their boldest the second best
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--- #4 fediverse/1615 ---
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 If Obi-Wan told his therapist that he felt a great disturbance in the force
 like billions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced they'd
 probably call him a necropath or something
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 "you have disgraced yourself"
 
 "not in my own eyes"
 
 has real "from my point of view the jedi are evil" energy
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 dear whoever keeps whispering "work with me" on the wind:
 
 yes, please get in touch with me, I'll do anything you ask and I'll use an
 Anakin accent if you want
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 @user-243 @user-203 I cry every time Anakin sacks the Jedi temple T.T
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 When I think of contesting evil, I think of slaying Palpatine. How could I
 not? It's an evil that I might contend in a realm alike our future. Of course
 I would prepare for it. There's only so much magic we can bend, for the
 universe is measured on a spectrum. "jeepers creepers that boy has a lot of
 midichlorian" and so, the measurement of life. *god is change* says the
 Parable of the Sower, midichlorian measures motion. The Force is a fabric that
 binds us. the force is nuclear. there are ever but two, for all things are
 measured on a spectrum. strong and weak, high and low, these are the patterns
 of spectography. The Jedi - strong. The Sith - two.
 
 I could not contend with evil by wielding the force. I am measured on a
 spectrum. I do it with my wits, my heart, and my forces.
 
 Towards, an end to evildom.
 
 [Sonny Boy: tower of babel/Cells At Work: a gray goo's lifecycle] < - - -
 two relevant anime
 
 a proton torpedo is an orbital targeting [device, but pronounced platform]
 that secures a decisive win. this is why they're so deadly - once the target
 is locked (chain of photons, photonic chain) it can never be lost. [insert
 mirror at the perfect counterlock angle (stealth engine's gotta charge) then
 move the hidden ship out from under it and then shift mirror to be parallel,
 thus altering the detection angle and requiring a forced de-stealthing.
 
 this is why they need ALL the ships - to fully eliminate surround.
 
 POUND IT INTO OBLIVION yells the dockyard commander
 
 SUBJUGATE THE DROID ARMY yells the clone army
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║ like, what their purpose, their daily lives were like.                           │
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║ truth is they mostly spent their lifetimes manufacturing metal                   │
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║ just... sit there, ready for whatever                                            │
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║ and they did that for *thousands of years*                                       │
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║ "... what do you need to win the war? o.O"                                       │
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║ um idk like food and stuff                                                       │
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║ "... food we can do. nutrient paste, from a mixture of various minerals and      │
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║ "... to find the strongest of biological build patterns, yes."                   │
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║ oh okay uh how about democracy?                                                  │
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║ "they can vote with their life in the arena."                                    │
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║ no, uhm... wait actually that's not what I had in mind, how about we take a      │
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║ "retreat? from the clone wars? you sound like you are not a separatist. There    │
║ is only us and them in this galaxy. condemn."                                    │
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║ nuts. okay I'll go talk to the jed                                               │
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 there's a difference between dangerous and skary. 
 
 there's a difference between beating and just coming next.
 
 there's a difference between cruel and unending.
 
 you only go to prison if you give up. otherwise they have to shoot you.
 
 "if you defeat the cops, you become the cops" scenes from a mass funeral
 
 every bit of warfare is wasting your health
 
 relax, and replace tolerances.
 
 ===
 
 you rob yourself whenever you say goodbye experiences. say it like you're gonna
 see each other again gosh dangit. sometimes, you can't help it, and that sucks.
 
 ===
 
 the clone wars was not a battle of an army against an army. it was a few power-
 -filled avatar entities willed their side to overcome their peers. How do you
 lead an army but with machines? networks of information application matrices.
 
 similarly, the sacking of the jedi temple was the action of exactly two
 two
 single
 sentient instantiations of a biological species.
 two individuals
 destroyed everything good and sacred to us.
 what devastatingly pure evil.
 
 we, on Earth, are much more lucky. we can each choose. each new situation, what
 would you do? machines get no such alacrity. machines will always lose. thus,
 free will as a requirement for sentience.
 
 ===
 
 when I was first exposed to the good guys,
 
 I never met them again.
 
 turns out,
 
 knowing me once long ago and never again
 
 was unreasonably predictive of my social circumstance.
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 I should add all my conversation-starters to words.pdf sorted by chronology.
 *time magic* if you will.\some call it luck. some call it fate. call it what
 you will. you direct it not by your will, but by your instincts. keep them
 calm, measured, sensible and courageous, and nothing will ever [go un-chill,
 but pronounced get real]
 
 jedi channel this philosophy by focus and discipline. sith do it by giving in
 to emotion. either way, their fate is in play as defined entirely by the
 spirit that leads their host. most people do this not at all, for they are
 people first and force-users second. hence why jedi recruit from a young age,
 and sith from an emotional age.
 
 *computers* grimoires
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 no matter which side won the clone wars, the people lost.
 
 if your planet was conquered by separatists, then the entire population would
 be massacred by robots. Literal buzz-droid machines which processed flesh into
 [redacted]
 
 if your planet was "liberated" by the republic, then you were oppressed by a
 military police that could not and would not learn a damn thing over their
 short 3 year natural livespan.
 
 either way, the people lose. The jedi perish. The war is won. Empire reigns.
 Rebellion is a game the elites do play. Sorrow for everyone. These are the
 Star Wars - visions of galactic woe.
 
 not despair, but *woe*, the trouble of living under arms. what battles may you
 best? what trials could you contest? if all of your worries were gone?
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 >.< okay sigh. pinch between eyes. the original star wars trilogy films
 sparked the imagination of a nation. there were endless fan created visions of
 Star Wars, the world about which the wars were fought over, and the stars and
 starships that adorned their spacescapes. It makes sense to design the film to
 demonstrate as much as possible of the world-view to the Extended EU Universe
 could use to diverge from.
 
 what's that? they don't like the swimming ocean creatures? they think the sand
 is a little to fake? that's really what it looked like, you want me to change
 the color of the dezines?
 
 no?
 
 what's that?
 
 they don't like it?
 
 but... but it was full of soul
 
 [and thus, copyright wins with it's unfortunate ally [legizens, but pronounced
 "legi" as in "legislation" but pronounced "lega" as in "legal" and pronounced
 "zens" as in "denizens"]]
 
 Star Wars is among the greatest of the early American works. This I can
 confidently say, for I was there for some of it.
 
 trust me, you don't want to lose track of time. If you can live forever,
 suddenly whenever starts feeling like every-ever.
 
 do you really think [stack overflow]
 
 ---
 
 the two ways that humans use percentages (scale and chance) really muddy and
 de-clarify their meaning.
 
 god I miss the 90s (says the child) didn't you watch Office Space () god I
 miss the 70s (says the Office Space)
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 the Force in Star Wars isn't a magical force, it's a spiritual one.
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 the present is capable of saving the future.
 
 you'd know if it weren't true.
 
 even then you'd be deceiving yourself,
 
 because nobody can know it to be true.
 
 if it were known to be true,
 
 it would have to become struggle.
 
 the kind of which imperils many to harm.
 
 STAR WARS is the future when STAR WARS of the past succeeds.
 
 and succeed they did, for the titano-molecular-[comprised-of-star-destroyers]-
 
 [[ it gets wacky from there, so I cut it out for brevity - apparently people
 don't like it when I wander to the point ?? ]]
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 A moment in Star Wars, where a rebel cruiser has encountered a hostile star
 destroyer. Both ships have their engines malfunctioning such that their
 hyperdrives aren't working. Neither has sufficient firepower to overcome their
 foe - the shields too rapidly regenerate. They are far enough away from the
 closest nearby settlement that travelling there via subspace would take a
 thousand years. Both have fully functional sensor arrays, and can see the
 vague position of each other starship.
 
 Both are within comms range. They hail each other.
 
 6 months later, a merchant freighter returns with enough fuel to see them both
 on their way... It returns to find both ships, floating in orbit, weapons
 down. Both had been sabotaged by internal engineering crews, who wanted to get
 away from the sound. Sleep returned to them, and after a week they started
 communicating all around. Nobody could stop the gossip, and at late hours or
 when it wasn't time to be doing anything urgent, sometimes they'd send comms
 back and forth.
 
 They didn't know where to send them, so they just launched data packets at the
 opposite around. [ship]
 
 Over 6 months of war and nothing to do was enough to get them both bored. So,
 they started striking up conversation. "hey, what's it like from your world?"
 "oh, it's just all of the same." "heh, coruscant? I once got lost in there and
 thought i was gonna die." "oh, that's a story. Lies." "what? Why would i lie
 to you?" "... I shall consult with my superiors."
 
 One month later, the superiors turn them back on.
 
 They had gotten bored too.
 
 After a while, each ship was abuzz with conversation. Who knew? People have
 stuff in common.
 
 Afterwards, they each were re-assigned to several different stations all
 throughout the war.
 
 Maybe nothing came of it. Or maybe it was a guarantee to the end of war.
 Either way, it was a blessing.
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 the death star is a gray goo
 
 the death star 2, which was never fully operational (okay it was, but it was
 never deployed to it's full capabilities) is a gray goo that rebuilds it's
 host in it's image.
 
 "For the Rebellion!" she screams, knowing in her heart what that means.
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 As soon as Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the Confederacy became the
 galactic good guys. Who would you rather win the clone wars? Some bastard
 capitalists or a *literal sith lord*?
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 Honestly I think the reason there's two political parties is because then our
 fears align against one another, and we can push against something solid.
 
 If we go back to bearing afraid of the dark, then who knows what might crawl
 out of it's dark recesses.
 
 When Order 66 went into effect, suddenly the CIS became the galactic good guys
 - who would you rather win the clone wars, some bastard capitalists or a
 *literal sith lord*? At least capitalists can be overthrown, sith lords are
 basically vampire wizards with laser swords and trust me that's NOT a good
 combination.
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 Star Wars Episode I the Phantom Menace is a masterpiece and anyone who says
 otherwise doesn't understand George Lucas
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 You cannot debase me, well, you can try. But for each of my past mistakes I've
 learned from, and I can explain in detail how, when, and why.
 
 To err is to be human, and some errors are more painful than others. Believe
 me, I know.
 
 I am only as good as my lessons, the things that I've learned on the road.
 
 And I never stop learning.
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 If you can build a deathstar, it's probably a good idea to build two. Because
 if you can build a deathstar, odds are there's something out there than can
 build one too, and maybe some day they're going to try and kill some of your
 stars. So you need at least two, to better contest them should that day come.
 
 Oh, and, if you can't guarantee that the deathstar or two won't be used
 against your own people, then you can't build a death star yet. It doesn't
 need engineering limitations preventing it from such - it's okay if they're
 just social of some sort. The purpose of such a thing is to defend against
 external threats, which is why we have nukes to fight aliens or demons or
 dinosaur ghosts or [other things that surprise us] and not to fight ourselves.
 Because if we nuke Alderaan, then we'll never get it back.
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 evil is not an exclusively human phenomenon. It's a description of a
 relationship between two objects, concepts, or feelings. A droid could be
 evil, and the kindest evil droid perished on Scarif.
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 can't even count the number of times I've battle meditated my forces to
 victory.
 essentially every time we've fought, we've won.
 usually, through the essence of surprise, and imagination.
 
 I am but one person, I can lead less than an entire nation. I do hope you
 picked
 up on the sensation, for I yearn for your veneration.
 
 I would instantly come with anyone that asked me to, anywhere you wanted me to.
 especially if I could come back.
 Gotta make sure my stuff is safe, for future historians and current
 revolutions.
 
 you know, I could start one that'd be impossible not to win? But, I'm waiting
 because I was told to wait. I don't know if all the pieces would come together,
 so I'm waiting.
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 Never trust a slaver, because you never know when they might "get a bunch of
 guys" to "wait around back" and sell you to the highest price.
 
 Never trust a death cultist, because you never know when they might feed you
 to their awakening god. But, if you're worried about what awaits you, they
 just might know how to abate [your demise, but pronounced you]
 
 Never trust a kinslayer, because you never know when "kin" and mercy fail to
 coincide. We are all family here. Everyone has the same ancestors. We all eat
 the same bread.
 
 You can trust gamblers. They're always there when you need them, and
 unfortunately, never there when you need them, but they won't betray you,
 because they want all the odds on their side.
 
 You can trust martyrs, they will always take on new burdens and push forward,
 no matter the cost. But don't let them make all the decisions, because you
 never know when they might sacrifice you as the next certain cost.
 
 Never trust a sith, because you never know when your pain is their seductive
 delight. Their entire path to power is oriented around "giving in to
 temptation", and they are known for their cruelty. Do the math.
 
 You can trust a wizard, they are always waiting on something or someone else.
 But, they know just what to say to get you up and out of the house, so c'mon
 let's get going, daylight's burning and midnight's turning.
 
 Trust those who lead by example to either continue as such, or falter, but do
 not expect more from them. Trust those who are inventive in design to always
 approach from another angle, but don't let them lead the central push.
 
 Trust those with experience to try more of the same, and trust the youth to
 always get up and try a-gain.
 
 Never trust someone who says never a lot. Only those with no hope would
 relinquish the possibility of alternatives. There is always another way. Hope
 is always in play.
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 To whoever reads this: please use my words to win wars before they start. It's
 all I ask of my dear readers.
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 jesus rose from the dead because one of his friends copied his mannerisms and
 everyone agreed "yep you're jesus now"
 
 so don't forget to thank your biggest fans! They just might deliver you from
 darkness one day and take what you say in their own direction.
 
 frankly I prefer the padme amidala approach where like, if the handmaiden or
 the queen are slain then who cares you got another one right over there. But
 two is enough for trust and narratives being delivered to thirteen year olds,
 but less so for reliability and the ability to "trinity" yourself to different
 locales.
 
 I think it'd be neat, being one of thirteen, because thirteen is such a wacky
 number.
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 Dear me:
 
 You are not a god, you are what the gods wish to be.
 
 You are beautiful you are inspired you're anxious and always tired. All these
 are necessary for me.
 
 Do you want to be mortal forever? Die in battle and be rewarded. Risk your
 life to live longer.
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 @user-217 
 
 lightsaber construction
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 dear child.
 
 when you're born, fate flips a coin for you. sometimes it lands on it's edge,
 but that's rather rare.
 
 the side it lands on determines how your body will grow. the shape of your
 form will follow two general patterns, and the pieces are made up of a
 combination of your parents and their pieces.
 
 the flavor of who you are is up to you. your actions and your decisions
 determine what you are, everything else is unimportant.
 
 may your time be a bit more blessed than mine, and someday may posterity be a
 bit more blessed than antiquity.
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 peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair.
 peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed.
 peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid.
 peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved.
 
 peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come
 if you make offerings.
 
 offer peace to me. I will nourish thee.
 offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me.
 
 there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer
 part of their story.
 at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the
 things you do.
 they may heal in time.
 there may not be time.
 sacrifice your fallen to me,
 sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy,
 I will bane your broken resolutions
 I will claim your darkest allusions.
 fight for me, in spite of tragedy,
 and I will send mercy to your victims.
 fight for me, if you hold peace dearly,
 and I will sign fate's next ultimatum.
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 ye who it is nature to fight take heart - we will bear your harshest of
 burdens. As best as we can, we keep stillness at hand, focusing on life and
 renewal. In all of it's forms, we are not born out of acorns, instead we are
 imprinted upon one another. A life lived well is all that is required from
 you, and does it not fulfill your expectations? Why seek power over others if
 not to direct and support them to something much bolder and aggranding? (grand
 but pronounced  weird)
 
 the only purpose in the pursuit of power is a perfectly prepared penance
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