七 - qī

[getsome_sleep]

[The words are written in haste, a note made while distracted.]

They are hints; and unclear as they are, we should be grateful for the knowing.

Comments

[apileofrocks]

The tattoos are hints? To our pasts?

[getsome_sleep]

Or perhaps to our natures.

Reposted for typo! :V

[apileofrocks]

That's an interesting theory.

Can I ask you a question? Are men's natures usually so upsetting when put on display? No one seems very happy or grateful about them.

Happens ^^

[getsome_sleep]

That is beyond my ability to guess. One always prefers to believe that one is virtuous.

[lingeringlegacy]

Always against the tides.

[getsome_sleep]

Not by design.

[lingeringlegacy]

Still I am grateful for the alternate perspective.

Although mine's rather too cryptic for my liking.

[getsome_sleep]

It seems impolite to inquire into such a thing.

[iattractmushi]

If I knew what mine meant, I might be more grateful.

[Slight pause while he examines the design on the backs of his hands again.]

Then again, maybe not.

[getsome_sleep]

Copy them down. The piece of the puzzle may fall into place later on.

[iattractmushi]

Yeah. Anyway, I'd be an idiot to not try and find out what these things mean--even if they turn out to mean something I might not like.

[getsome_sleep]

Ignorance must never be the preferred option.

[sumi_eight]

Every bit of information brings us closer to understanding ourselves and our pasts.

[getsome_sleep]

It remains to wonder whether all of us wish to understand.

[sumi_eight]

But you want to know, don't you? To understand.

[getsome_sleep]

[A long pause.]

I believe that I do not have the right to shirk away from understanding.

[mythgravenblade]

You believe they tell the truth, then?

[He does too. He just doesn't like that he's drawn that conclusion.]

[getsome_sleep]

One truth, at least, yes. I do believe so.

[mythgravenblade]

Which truth would that be?

[getsome_sleep]

The unkindly one. There is no comfort, but that truth is rarely so one-sided.