viktor

[sacredpath]

a whole pc post for u

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[sacredpath]

But they all join because they wish to? No one is brought in who has doubts?

[satisficing]

I believe you are overestimating the doubts people suffering badly would have about being brought into a collective.

But yes. I do not seek them out. They come to me, and they understand it means becoming a part of the commune.

[For now.....]

[sacredpath]

No, I believe you. People who are suffering always seek relief from any avenue that will grant it. [frowning.] Not that I believe you to be taking advantage. [viktor seems to genuinely want and intend to help.] But the group I was raised by, that is who we would seek out. Those grieving or in pain, looking to turn to anyone who will promise them their suffering can end.

[and that was a very evil cult, so. it's not necessarily reassuring.]

[satisficing]

[When you genuinely want to help, but you are very misguided and the execution is bad (tagline for my brand, I guess).]

The commune was for those willing, and those who became a part of the collective had an understanding of sharing and empathy.

You were also this way...? Grieving or in pain, and they brought you in?

[sacredpath]

No. I was a child, and I was abducted from my home and raised to believe I was an unwanted orphan they'd saved from the streets.

[so it wasn't really a collective of sharing and empathy for her, in this case. but she's really not trying to say it's the same. there are also plenty of groups who take needy people in whose intentions aren't so awful.]

But they nonetheless made certain I feared the outside world more than the solace they offered.

[satisficing]

I'm sorry.

[Genuinely. Even though he thinks she may have already come to terms with that being in the past. Sometimes, resentment and hurt lingers, though.]

I would never allow the commune to do such a thing. We had children, the ones I healed, but I would never allow them to be taken.

But I do understand what I offered was difficult not to take when in pain or turmoil. The collective was simply a part of the Hexcore's internal magical design.