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[4_toteachus]

[Four isn't sure why, but the longer he spends away from home, the harder it is to sleep. Memories of his family, both dead and alive, haunt him until sleeping becomes a near impossibility. He misses them all, though in some weird way he misses the Scientists the most. What would he think of Four's adventures here in a strange world?]

Have you ever missed someone so much that it hurts inside when you think of them? What if this person was someone you have only met once, yet is more a part of you than anyone can hope to be? My home is a sad place, and my family is sad too, but I miss them a lot. I am not used to being alone.

Love and loss are a part of humanity I suppose.

My purpose is to catalogue and eventually understand humanity, and I feel as if the more loss I feel, the closer I come to it, as strange as that is. I am a long way from understanding it however.... so I ask:

What is humanity to you?

What does it mean to love and lose someone?

What is it like to hate?

[Four makes sure not to specify anything in his questions, he wants to see what his answers are.]

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[glacius_passio]

I have a couple of people I miss like that. But I don't know whether they're alive or not, so I try to keep myself busy so I don't dwell on it. Even if they are, I am not, so even if it hurts sometimes, I must persevere and live.

I'm not sure if I should comment about humanity, since I'm not human. Even after protecting them for a hundred years, I'm still not completely sure I understand what it means to be considered human. But hate...that's something I'm familiar with as well. It's not something I would really want anyone to feel if they didn't have to.

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[4_toteachus]

Persevere and live. Against all odds that's what we must do.

I'm not human either. It's just my purpose to try to understand them from another point of view I suppose. Tell me how you see them, if you don't mind.

Protecting them? Are you a hero too?

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[glacius_passio]

To be honest, I never had much interactions with the humans. A lot of my time was spent outside the city or within the central citadel. But most of them seemed...boring. They had no real worries, and all their needs were provided for.

I definitely wouldn't call myself a hero. I just did what needed to be done.

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[4_toteachus]

[Boring humans? Clearly you are from a different dimension because Four couldn't NOT be fascinated by everything humans do if he tried.]

There's nothing boring about peace, if that's what they've achieved.

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[glacius_passio]

Touché, though it wasn't very peaceful when I left.