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[reverentresistance]

The Queen's power has to be less than God's... So why do you think He lets us be brought here? This goes a little beyond giving us free will, don't you think?

[Ky's unsure herself, but there's no way to gain certainty. She can only find out what other people are thinking, and that for some reason feels particularly important.]

What purpose are we serving here?

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[undefines]

You don't think it does? I bet if you did that or something like it, it would make a lot of people happy.

[reverentresistance]

No one's actually starving here, are they?

[undefines]

Do they have to be for it to matter?

[reverentresistance]

Well, for them to prefer my cooking to what they're eating now...

Not that it's that bad! It's just not anything super-special either.

[undefines]

[...She snickers a little.]

Oh, isn't it? Hm... Is that why you're really so resistant to the idea?

[reverentresistance]

I'm a soldier, not a cook. And I don't need to be a cook.

[undefines]

Well, you don't have to cook, either. [She waves a hand.] But seriously, if you want to look out for people so badly, just doing little things for them is fine.

[reverentresistance]

I'm not sure that I agree with that assessment.

[undefines]

Well, no wonder you can't find anything that satisfies you. Why not?

[reverentresistance]

It's not...satisfying.

[undefines]

Helping people isn't satisfying?

[She's half earnest and half giving Ky a hard time with this.]

[reverentresistance]

Helping people in ways like that, where they can help themselves just as well...

[undefines]

Does it really have to be something special or important? It still makes people happy to know someone will help them even when they don't have to.

[reverentresistance]

It's the difference between helping someone carry a bag and saving their life. It's not that the first is a bad thing, it's just...I should be able to do more.

[undefines]

Thinking that way is fine, but only when there actually is more to do. Beggars can't be choosers, you know.

[reverentresistance]

There is more to do!

Just...not here.

[undefines]

Right. And you are here.

If you want to play hero so badly, I could give you a reason to.

[She's helping!]

[reverentresistance]

That's...really not what I'm saying!

[Miff.]

It's not about playing anything!

[undefines]

Why not? We're obviously both bored.

[reverentresistance]

Because other people would get hurt, and that's not acceptable.

[undefines]

If you want, I could not hurt anyone and just frighten them instead.

[Fear was really more what she was concerned with; anything else was extra.]

[reverentresistance]

No! That's still entirely missing the point!

[undefines]

Is it, though? If you want to save people, that means you want something bad to happen to them so they need to be saved.

[reverentresistance]

No, it means I want to stop bad things from happening where they already are.

[undefines]

And there's nothing bad happening here, so what are you hoping someone will tell you exactly?