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[unlucky7]

From: Anonymous
Date: October 26th

Personal happiness or loyalty. Suppose choosing one comes at the cost of the other, which would you choose and why?

Comments

[onehandsomeslickninja]

What.

If that were true, you wouldn't be asking about it...

Unless the reason you were asking is because you wanted people to tell you 'loyalty is more important than happiness' without ever discussing the situation, so you could tell yourself you had the answer and silence that little voice saying your happiness counts so your god would never have to worry about it! That's the only way this question of yours doesn't get back to your god!

[unlucky7]

[It's easy running from your problems. It's easy pretending nothing is wrong and that you can do your duty at the sacrifice of your own happiness. It's also much, much harder to do as a shinki.

He isn't wrong. He isn't wrong at all.]

I see.

Thank you.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Hey! I'm not done!

Look, you have to understand that you're a partner to your god. Trust, faith, respect -- they go both ways. No matter what someone is, shinki or royalty or anything, they're also a person and pretending otherwise is just the surest way to wreck everything. So consider yourself. It's not selfish when you need to be at your best to give your best to someone else.

[unlucky7]

[In many ways, the post is a coin toss: an aggregate of answers to drive her decision regardless of her own feelings. She's the greatest danger to herself, but she processes Edge's words, all of the responses to her post.

She has her wants, her needs, and though she still feels uncertain about fulfilling them, she at least has a better sense of direction.]

I think I understand.

I think I can still serve my current god without being their shinki.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

I'm sure there's a god out there who'll suit you.

Just be honest. You'll get better answers that way, okay?

[unlucky7]

I hope so.

I'll try, but no promises. Thank you.