[voice-the eris plot]

[quicktoreward]

[Utena's voice is quieter than usual, more subdued, without it's brashness or tone of surety. She sighs deeply.]

What's the point of this? I don't get it at all. I don't want to be here--this isn't the right place at all.

[Her fingers are rapping against a table top or a desk.] ...I guess I should ask a question. What is something eternal? Does such a thing exist? There probably isn't. Everything ends. Everything fades away in the end.

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[hugmyscythe]

You are most correct, in that there is

nothing eternal.

It is merely an ideal,
like all that is

immortal or endless.

A human thought,
a human concept,and just as flawed.

[quicktoreward]

I see. Then there isn't anything left.

[hugmyscythe]

It does not meanthings cannot be restored to

some semblance of form.

[ souls can. life can. it may not be the same, because rebirth happens from moment to moment. ] Change is constant, that is why

not one thing
or state

is eternal.

[quicktoreward]

Everything ends... There really isn't anything that lasts. Even if it is reborn, there really isn't any point.

voice

[wasabloodknight]

Just because something or someone fades away doesn't mean it can't be eternal.

[hugmyscythe]

Rebirth happens from moment to

moment, you see.

You were not the same personyou were a day ago.[ don't be confusing rebirth with reincarnation now! ] When one goes intothe new life,
yes- that is when

memory and emotions are wiped

for a new chance to develop.

voice

[quicktoreward]

[she is quiet again] That's what my aunt said...but that doesn't bring them back, does it? They're gone and I'm not where I'm supposed to be and nothing has changed.

[quicktoreward]

I know people change. I know things change--the other children don't think so but I know. I just don't see what's the point of living if nothing stays. I'm just so tired of this.

[hugmyscythe]

[ oh. is that her question? ] Even if somethingis only temporary, it does not mean

the beauty of the moment

must go unappreciated. And indeed, the process of change

is something to be appreciated,

in of itself. [ otherwise, things remain still. stagnant. dead. ]

[quicktoreward]

[Currently, she's an eight year old. Even if she is thinking quite deep...she's not getting everything.]

Is it wrong to want it to last, then?

[hugmyscythe]

Of course not. That which is transient may be

suffering, after all.

....But forcing somethingto last longer than it should be allowed

may be just as painful.

[ it goes for physical things, it goes for sorrow. ]

[quicktoreward]

...I understand.

[hugmyscythe]

...It is not sohopeless as it seems,
you see,

as change itself is a mechanism

for hope.

[quicktoreward]

They're gone. I'm not where I'm supposed to be. I know you're trying to help but I don't get any of this.

[hugmyscythe]

Mm? Help? No, no-

how can I help when

I know nothing of whathas happened to you?

[quicktoreward]

There was an accident... My parents are gone.

oh noooo

[sandinmyboots]

Yep! You've finally got it! Nothing is eternal. All things end. It's all pointless!

[hugmyscythe]

And? An accident is

an accident.

You are not alonein that.

[quicktoreward]

...It's all so obvious.

[quicktoreward]

It isn't right--kids are supposed to be adults when their parents die. I should have been with them.

[hugmyscythe]

'Supposed to'? ...Why, what ever

leads you to believe that?

[jesus_is_gundam]

You sound upset.

[Isn't he insightful?]

[createswithink]

Oi, don't listen to this guy. It's not all pointless.

[quicktoreward]

It's not right. It can't be. I...should be buried with them!

[quicktoreward]

...I shouldn't have said anything.