Comments | theinfinite_667: Observing the Ghost

theinfinite_667

Observing the Ghost

Apr 06, 2007 12:22

He is here. I woke and he was standing at my window, arms crossed. He smiles. I never liked the look on his face when he smiles. It's a sort of cruelly knowing look, like he knows a thousand ways to deliver punishment worse than death, or at least that he knows some dastardly secret you don't. People have told me I look like that.Supposedly he's my ( Read more... )

ghost haunting

Comments 15

heartxofxcruxis April 6 2007, 18:34:28 UTC

Parents matter little.

theinfinite_667 April 6 2007, 19:24:20 UTC

Of course. Technically, I don't have actual "parents" -- Dimitri Yuriev never raised me personally, and I'm only connected to him by DNA. My mother is some anonymous woman who gave her genes to science. So, I don't care very much.

It's just strange, hearing some of the things he says, imagining that he's my father, in a way.

He's an insane fool, though. I wouldn't trust him any farther than I could throw him. Or as far, for that matter.

heartxofxcruxis April 6 2007, 19:42:26 UTC

DNA. Blood. Both matter little, don't you think?

theinfinite_667 April 6 2007, 19:54:20 UTC

Well, I can't say DNA doesn't matter at all in and of itself. After all, it's my cursed DNA that keeps me alive this long. I overproduce telomerase. But that's beside the point.

In terms of family bonds, of course it doesn't matter. My brothers raised each other. A swordsman halfway across the galaxy from my home planet raised me. I suppose he's about as much of a father as Yuriev ever was.

What about your parents? If you have any, that is.

Thread 5

lady_turk April 6 2007, 18:57:33 UTC

I can think of a few people who would agree with you on the parents statement.

theinfinite_667 April 6 2007, 19:24:54 UTC

I'm sure. It seems to be a common theme in humanity as a whole -- humans and their parents don't get along, to say the least.

lady_turk April 6 2007, 19:35:47 UTC

It a wonder we all haven't died out, but I guess that's because not all parents are as bad as the rest of them.

theinfinite_667 April 6 2007, 19:42:58 UTC

Heh. Nature has to have some way to keep all its creatures from refusing to take on the burden of continuing the species.

Sooner or later, science may take the place of parents, though. After all, I think my brothers and I turned out well enough.

Thread 7

mizrahigirl April 7 2007, 00:03:30 UTC

A-

I'm sorry you're hit by this curse too...

theinfinite_667 April 7 2007, 01:07:43 UTC

Rubedo tends to vanish at crucial times, doesn't he? But you can see him...the City has a cruel streak. Rather like life.

mizrahigirl April 7 2007, 01:13:33 UTC

He- it-

It's not real...he's not really there. But...I can see him...

Unfair.