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[inevitablerest]

This may seem a strange question to some.

[But Thanatos does not often indulge his curiosity, so he is doing so right now.]

I have been wondering if there are any others here like myself, who had an existence dedicated only to a single purpose from the moment it began. Before arriving in Avalon I had barely considered the possibility of deviating from mine.

Very suddenly having a great deal of free time was new, unexpected, and a struggle to become accustomed to.

I suspect, given the number here from other worlds, that it isn't only myself and my brother who led such lives before. I would like to hear from others, and hear how they have dealt with the adjustment.

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[absentconstellation]

If you are all that stands between them and immortality, there are those who would stop at nothing merely to distract you. Mortals can create a great deal of havoc when they take it upon themselves to oppose the Gods. One tried to rip open the earth itself and shake a kingdom into rubble out of spite.

[inevitablerest]

[We don't talk about Sisyphus.]

Far more than just I stands between mortals and immortality.

And no mortal holds such power where I come from. If they would wish to destroy their own cities by other means, it means very little to Olympus and even less to me.

[absentconstellation]

[ So humans are all weak and powerless, and the gods couldn't care less about anything beyond their own Realms? ]

What a dull existence.

If it all means so little, surely you could wander as you please without concern.

[ This guy is probably full of it. Most gods are. ]

[inevitablerest]

If I could, I wouldn't state that my existence is devoted to a single purpose.

[absentconstellation]

It hardly matters to what your existence is devoted. It only matters what choices you make, and what results from those choices.

[inevitablerest]

What I was brought forth for is the only thing that has mattered for almost as long as I can recall.

Thus the initial question.

[absentconstellation]

You chose not to look beyond yourself, and now you see that there is more in the Realms than a stationary existence. I understand.

Perhaps you would struggle less if you spent your time exploring those things unfamiliar to you. There is more to occupy you here than a single human could accomplish in several lifetimes.

[inevitablerest]

I don't believe you do understand, but it may be a waste of both of our time for me to attempt to explain it in a way you could properly grasp.

Simply, it has never been a choice.

But perhaps, yes. I have been doing that. It is still a novel experience. Enjoyable in some ways.

[absentconstellation]

Indeed, you do seem terribly confused. But that is to be expected when one has experienced so little of the world.

I can assure you that there is still much you haven't tried. And there is a great deal that can only be properly accomplished by a cat.

[ But if you really want, he could try to teach you how to really enjoy a good nap. ]

[inevitablerest]

[He might have been irritated (and really, it isn't difficult to irritate him) if it wasn't entirely true. His experience of the world, boxed-in as it has been by his work, is relatively narrow.]

A cat? Then I expect you might like my brother.

[absentconstellation]

What makes you say that?

[inevitablerest]

I consider him to have many qualities one might consider cat-like.

[Including a love of naps.]

[absentconstellation]

Perhaps. Cats do not always like other cats.

[ They're kinda. Antisocial. ]

[inevitablerest]

Then it's a good thing he isn't a cat.

[absentconstellation]

I wouldn't go that far.

[ Being a cat is the Best. ]

[inevitablerest]

He might even agree with you.