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[steel_goddess]

[Samus looks like herself again finally, complete with facial scarring a look of profound relief written across her face.]

Sheesh, am I ever glad that's over. Apologies to anyone who ended up seeing a blue "ghost" in their NV the last week or so, that was me trying to communicate with you. Is this just me? Anyone else suddenly back to normal?

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[ysobritish]

A ghost within the NV? How is that even possible?

[Oh hai there, current felon speaking to you.]

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[ysobritish]

[I will deny the graph!]

Heh. Sanity is little more than a societal concept. What the mass believes to be sane and rational behavior. However that makes it entirely opinion-based. Therefore, I am perfectly within my rights to claim sanity.

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[steel_goddess]

[You cannot deny the Graph! *waves*]

Societal concept? [She snorts.] Hardly. Sanity is a measure of a persons mental and emotional stability, not something that people threw together for a lark. You can -claim- emotional stability until you're blue in the face, but your actions say otherwise.

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[ysobritish]

It is, however, what people claim to be the norm. The level of stability is not what I'm claiming. I am not stable. I have never been stable. However it is a societal concept that one has to remain at a certain level of stability.

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[steel_goddess]

No it's a -health- concept. For your health and the health of those around you, it's expected you'll remain at a certain level of sanity. Anything more than that and you become a danger, both to yourself and your people. I'd have figured a military sort should know all that by now.

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[ysobritish]

My health? [A low, dark laugh.] Since when have the Patriots cared enough about my health to educate me on the benefits of sanity? I do what I have to. Sanity is unnecessary for that. In fact... it may even be a deterrent.

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[steel_goddess]

I don't know if you've looked around recently, but you're not exactly home anymore. These patriots of yours are light years away, which means the only thing you -have- to do is try and find a place for yourself. Unless you'd just rather keep being their errand boy?

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[ysobritish]

I am not their errand boy! [He snaps the words out angrily.] That would be Snake!

And that's a little impossible right now, thank you.

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[steel_goddess]

So you'd rather keep functioning within the restraints they put on you? If they didn't teach you about health then teach yourself man, you're not a child. Falling back to blame them doesn't work if they're not here to keep you on a leash.

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[ysobritish]

I already said I don't need it! I can handle things without your precious sanity!

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[steel_goddess]

Really? Because you're handling things so well right now? You just said yourself that it was a poor idea to be kidnapping and torturing police officers, so how is that 'handling things'?

You're going to drive yourself into an early grave or a mental institution if you don't get a hold of yourself.

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[ysobritish]

I am not afraid to face death if it comes. But I will die before I submit myself to that!

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[steel_goddess]

You don't have to be afraid of death to not seek it blindly dammit! You're never going to accomplish anything, nevermind your 'purpose' if you destroy yourself in the process. Trust me, I've seen it happen.

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[ysobritish]

Hnnnn... [He scowls, looking away.] I'm not trying to destroy myself. But if I do, I will face it without fear.

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[steel_goddess]

Hnnngh. [Samus slaps a hand to her face in frustration, looking out between her fingers with eyes that blaze like blue fire.]

If you're not -trying- then you're doing it accidentally, and you need to rein yourself in. There's no facing it without fear, you don't have to face it at ALL...but you have to take responsibility for healing yourself.

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[ysobritish]

I don't need to be healed. I know what I did was stupid, I'm not planning on doing it again, but I do not have anything wrong with me.