[Mostly Voice/Some Action with Thinking]

[valorandwisdom]

[Sora is bored with the rain, and has retreated to the barracks since he can't be outside without getting ridiculously sick. He's idly playing handball against the wall, but mostly he's sitting there thinking way too much.]Hey, so... What's the measure of a "person

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[valorandwisdom]

Yeah, I didn't used to think much about it either.

And my home is really different than that, so...

[He lets it break off as something pings him.]

You know, you look really familiar.

[valorandwisdom]

Yeah, you look like a friend of mine from back home, just older. And maybe taller.

[And considering what the hell he knows about the rest of the "clones" here...]

What's your name?

[valorandwisdom]

[...Short answer is short?]

So... change?

[valorandwisdom]

So if you're "locked" in a state where you can't change, you wouldn't be human?

[voice]

[valorandwisdom]

But is it really different for every person or is there anything that everyone looks for in a person?

[voice]

[valorandwisdom]

...I used to think I knew. Now I don't.

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[stilldontgotit]

C'mon, Sora, what's with you? It's not like you to get all deep and insightful like this.

Re: voice

[valorandwisdom]

Stuff from home, a little.

Hey, when we get back - I wanna show you something.

voice

[stilldontgotit]

What, Nobodies?

Back from where, Sora? And just what do you have in mind?

[hey, he's curious.]

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[valorandwisdom]

Yeah.

Back from here, all of us. There's this Tower I wanna go to.

[alwaysmoony]

I think the mind determines it more than anything. What separates people from beasts is just...the difference between reasoning and pure instinct. Of course, the line can be blurred.

Some are labelled beasts simply because they think differently. One doesn't need to be a human to be a person.

[valorandwisdom]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying! It's just, what makes those not-humans persons? Where's that line?

[alwaysmoony]

...Language seems to be the obvious indicator, but I don't think it's universal. Understanding is a bit more subtle, but probably more important.

[valorandwisdom]

Understanding each other? You mean, beyond words or something like that?