Well... I was going to say metaphorically speaking, because what I mean is a person's ability to feel things, but humans all need a heart to live.
...I could be wrong about this, human anatomy sure isn't my forte. I could tell you when the blood tastes right and where the veins go, but that's about it.
Mm. Um, of course it was originally my thought, because I was thinking about the biology, but the truth is that the shape is actually something really simple, isn't it? If it were something as simple as that - ... if that was the only thing that it could be, this shape and the parts that help it stay in that way, then even I would be something a lot like a human, wouldn't I? Or you, or Gwendolyn, or -
[ cuts herself off, her expression briefly distinctly - not bitter by any means but decidedly darker, a hand drifting to touch a spot on her left arm,
and she shuts her eyes. ]
Well . . . even though it was my first thought, it definitely isn't anything physical, is it? So, for that organ there, too - it probably isn't anything like that either, right? In comparison, the kind that you were thinking of ...
Mm, that sort of heart - emotions are definitely important, aren't they?
[ Aliza can take a few guesses as to what's behind that pause and gesture, but they don't have time to unpack that now probably. So she rests a hand on Dia's other shoulder and gives it a gentle squeeze. ]
I think emotions are a great place to start. If only we had any idea how to work these pieces.
Honestly, if winning the game means forcing Clem to be a certain way, then I'd rather lose. If we can help her be closer to whatever she wants to be, even a little, then I'll be happy with that.
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I think a heart is most important to being a human, but maybe that's just me. [ or just wishful thinking ]
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...I could be wrong about this, human anatomy sure isn't my forte. I could tell you when the blood tastes right and where the veins go, but that's about it.
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[ cuts herself off, her expression briefly distinctly - not bitter by any means but decidedly darker, a hand drifting to touch a spot on her left arm,
and she shuts her eyes. ]
Well . . . even though it was my first thought, it definitely isn't anything physical, is it? So, for that organ there, too - it probably isn't anything like that either, right? In comparison, the kind that you were thinking of ...
Mm, that sort of heart - emotions are definitely important, aren't they?
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I think emotions are a great place to start. If only we had any idea how to work these pieces.
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startles briefly at the contact, not negatively, just like. oh. whoa ]
Those sorts of things are - ...
[ chemicals in the brain, but just like she's not sure how relevant the body is - by virtue of that chemistry is also leery. ]
. . . Well, every type of animal has emotions that it feels, doesn't it? Is there something that you think makes humans different from them...?
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I'm not sure how we give those to Clem, though. Other than a lot of time and love and teaching.
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If we're able to understand that, then we would be able to help her understand the sorts of things that you mean too, right...?
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Honestly, if winning the game means forcing Clem to be a certain way, then I'd rather lose. If we can help her be closer to whatever she wants to be, even a little, then I'll be happy with that.