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[nos_servabit]

Forgiveness.

[Hello, fellow Vatheonites. Jacob hasn't spoken to you in a while. He gazes at the camera with pensive eyes, pausing before continuing to speak.]

Forgiveness is a rather complicated subject. Everyone knows what forgiveness is, but when it comes to actually thinking about how to use it in a situation, there are no clear rules about it.

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[twiceinhabited]

[Quiet, thoughtful and then--]

...I can extend forgiveness, but sometimes it can be hard for me to do so.

[Video]

[nos_servabit]

It's good that you can extend forgiveness. Some people keep their hearts hardened towards others for a very long time...

But what, exactly, makes it hard? The other person? Your own feelings?

[Video]

[twiceinhabited]

Both, for what the other person did and how you feel about it.

[Video]

[nos_servabit]

That's true. Forgiveness is an action that applies when you've taken all the factors into account.

[Video]

[twiceinhabited]

Which is why it can be easy or hard to give. [To pry or not to pry.] Particularly...when their deed affected you.

[Video]

[nos_servabit]

Of course. To forgive as a bystander is quite different than forgiving as the one the deed was done to.

[Video]

[twiceinhabited]

Some people might have the strength to give it, regardless.

[Video]

[nos_servabit]

That's true. It all depends whether or not you can move past it.