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[camouflage]

Has anyone else experienced death here? Have you had any side-effects?

Not sure if I'm supposed to be waiting for the punchline or not. Guess Hope wasn't yanking our chains about revival.

Comments

[camouflage]

I wouldn't exactly describe death as a "gift". Not even for the people I kill.

I just hope I don't wake up one morning with a surprise.

[whichend]

I never said death was a gift for the dead.

And if you do? It is not in your control. You can live your life in fear, waiting for a surprise to strike, or you can be sensible.

[camouflage]

It's not a gift for you, either.

And anyway, I started this as an experiment. I'm just waiting to see if me being alive is the conclusion or not.

[whichend]

It is when the right person dies.

What's an experiment?

[camouflage]

I'm guessing you haven't given your gift to the right person yet?

It's when you want to test an action you don't know the outcome to. I died to find out if I would be revived.

[whichend]

People.

Does your revival mean the experiment is over, or will you test again?

[camouflage]

So you're on a revenge quest? Death should only be a means to an end, not something you take pleasure from.

I'll give it a couple days before I say I'm done. If I die again in the future, it won't be on purpose.

[whichend]

What is revenge, if not taking pleasure from the death of another?

Valar morghulis.

[camouflage]

If killing those people would help others in the long run, then it doesn't need to be about revenge. You could just be doing a service.

Sorry, that's not a language I know.

[whichend]

The ones it would help are already dead. Those left alive have already bent the knee.

It's Old Valyrian. It means 'all men must die.'

[camouflage]

Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate then.

I know a lot of languages, but Old Valyrian isn't something I've ever come across. But it's a good saying.

[whichend]

What? I don't have any plates.

It's a true one.

[camouflage]

It's a saying. It means that you have a lot to do.

[whichend]

That is also a good saying, although I think it makes less sense than the saying of Old Valyria.

Do you have a lot on your plate, or have you spread out your duties among multiple plates?

[camouflage]

English isn't very good at being a straight-forward language. Your Old Valyria probably has more in common with Russian.

Right now, my plate is huge and piled high.

[whichend]

What is Russian like?

At least you won't go hungry.

[camouflage]

That's one way to put it.

It's a pretty literal language. Harsh. Your Old Valryia saying 'all men must die' would be Vse lyudi dolzhny umeret or 'all people have to die.'

[whichend]

What would be the response? In Old Valyrian, one would respond with valar dohaeris, all men must serve.

[camouflage]

There's no automatic response. But the translation would be: Vse lyudi budut sluzhit. All people will serve.

[whichend]

How do you know Russian? Is that where you are from?

[camouflage]

No, I've been all over the world for my job. Well, my world. I had to learn a few other languages to be able to speak with people.

[whichend]

That's why I had to learn Braavosi and High Valyrian.

Were you a sailor? A soldier?

[ An assassin? ]

[camouflage]

I'm a soldier, but I don't serve in anyone's army. More of a mercenary, if you have those.

[whichend]

We do. We call them sellswords, and they are not to be trusted.

[camouflage]

[w e l p]

Can't argue with that. I don't trust many of them either.