Sep 14
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986), Dune
Ziva David had met a lot of people and been to a lot of places. But she knew the universe and the people in it would never quite make sense.
When applied correctly, logic seemed to provide an understanding of the world. Even Tony managed to avoid getting hit by a bus or shot by a suspect every other day, and his logic skills were underdeveloped. But once the surface was scratched, things made no sense at all.
People were the most confusing things she came across on a daily basis. Whether it was believing they could get away with murder, believing that murder was right (and while she agreed it could be at times, killing a cheating spouse did not fall into her categories), thinking they could lie to Gibbs and get away with it, thinking they could lie to her and get away with it… The list was endless. Not to mention Tony, who was simply a law of the universe unto himself.
Ziva did not even want to think of the quantum world that Abby had tried and completely failed to explain, though the Goth had pointed out the whole field made no sense anyway, so she was not alone.
Perhaps the whole point of the world was that it would never make sense. Perhaps there was no need to apply logic. Perhaps it was best simply to get on with your life and enjoy it.