It's how they respond to things they don't understand. I mean, it's fine — in the end, it's too much to expect humans to understand what it's like.
[ he doubts that he'll find people like that, though, when he already has trouble finding swords that understand, although he doesn't put too much effort into trying, because he doesn't like generating a pity pool. ugh, what cruel god took tsuru and placed him on the Highest Shelf of Maximum Suffering.... ]
They think that going forty — or fifty — years without someone is bad, and they act like it's the worst kind of despair in the world. [ but then they get to die afterwards!! what a treat!! ]
For me, I've found that it takes a few centuries — seeing the land of the people that you used to love change, and seeing civilization change, and in the end, when everything starts changing and it looks as if the people you loved were never there in the first place, that's when it gets the loneliest.
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[ he doubts that he'll find people like that, though, when he already has trouble finding swords that understand, although he doesn't put too much effort into trying, because he doesn't like generating a pity pool. ugh, what cruel god took tsuru and placed him on the Highest Shelf of Maximum Suffering.... ]
They think that going forty — or fifty — years without someone is bad, and they act like it's the worst kind of despair in the world. [ but then they get to die afterwards!! what a treat!! ]
For me, I've found that it takes a few centuries — seeing the land of the people that you used to love change, and seeing civilization change, and in the end, when everything starts changing and it looks as if the people you loved were never there in the first place, that's when it gets the loneliest.
[ he lifts his gaze. ] Wouldn't you agree?