BW: You know what's a weird concept?
PP: There are many things to think as weird concepts. Which concept do you think is weird?
BW: Milk.
PP: Please explain.
BW: You see, milk is used to feed babies, right? And yet humans found a way to make certain mammals believe in some way that they still need to feed their babies, even when we take away the babies since they drink too much milk.
PP: That is indeed strange if I think about it from that point of view. However, milk is a very valuable commodity, and is used for many products ranging from cheese, to ice cream.
BW: I get that part. I mean, its just weird that we as humans even figured out how to do this, and what we can do it to.
PP: Understood. May I ask why you suddenly had such a strange epiphany?
BW: I miss milk. I don't know how many years its been since I've had a glass of it, but its just one of those things you don't think about till its gone. Like even a glass of milk would be nice, but I don't think people even have the opportunity to milk cows, unless their village is under the domination of one of Salem's people. I just think its amazing how many things we don't realize that we miss until they're already gone.
PP: I agree Dove.
BW: Do you understand though? I mean, I get that you understand conceptually understand what I mean, but I don't think you really got to experience the full human package.
PP: What do you mean by "the full human package"?
BW: Do you poop?
PP: Negative.
BW: Piss?
PP: Negative.
BW: Need to drink, eat, sleep, feel comfort, anything?
PP: I enjoy the company of others, but I do not believe it is necessary in order to stay alive.
BW: Penny, humans are fragile. We need to do or have those things in order to live. Not even just feel alive. Because if left alone too long, many humans will kill themselves.
PP: Humans still kill themselves in urban environments, and at a higher rate than those in rural areas. I do not understand this train of logic. If humans require interaction to stay alive, why are humans with more contact killing themselves at a higher rate?
BW: Because it's not quantity of interactions, its quality. At least that's what I think. If you can have one person you can consistently talk to and come to an understanding with, having genuine human interactions with, you don't feel as lonely. When that one person cuts contact, you feel isolated. Now imagine having that lack of contact, even when other people are nearby. Many people can only focus on so many people at a time, and often choose to not contact certain peoples. Those without what they feel to be full, real contact, may begin to make rash decisions in order to receive attention or any sort of contact at a time, or simply decide it is not worth living anymore. You get what I mean.
PP: I understand now. It is the feeling of isolation that is important.
BW: Precisely.
PP: May I make a parallel, in order to insure I have a complete understanding?
BW: Go ahead.
PP: It is akin to being in an ocean, and if you cannot grab onto a flotation device, you will drown, even if the ocean has hundreds, if not thousands of flotation devices.
BW: While technically that is completely right, the slight issue is that it implies that it is entirely in their hands to grab onto a buoy.
PP: Is it not?
BW: In this case, you can have buoys that are prickly to the touch and cause more pain than drowning.
PP: Why would they not want to stay alive. I believed that all humans strived to stay alive.
BW: While that would seem like the case, if you had to live while walking on nails every day, would you?
PP: My aura can handle nails. I would be able to do so.
BW: Bad example. What if you had to go on every day, knowing that no one would notice if you died.
PP: Then I would find a way in order to make them care and make friends!
BW: But not everyone is here to make friends. Some go out in their "blaze of glory" because they think that no one would notice them go otherwise. But here's another example for you: would you go on knowing that everyday you lived, that may be another day another person does not?
PP: I think I understand now.
BW: While the examples I gave are far extremes of examples, since I'm not one of those individuals, I think its still a good idea to try to understand them.
PP: Do they not know that their loved ones will miss them?
BW: Some don't have loved ones anymore. Or they simply are so lost in their ocean, that they can't see them.
PP: Then, would it be the job of the loved one to through a float ring to them?
BW: A single person cannot do everything. And sometimes, people tell others that they're alright because they don't think they're worth the time.
PP: Why is that?
BW: Because, when you think of it, we're just weird monkeys on a rock in space. Who really is going to notice when sand is washed into the ocean?
PP: I do not believe that is true.
BW: There was nothing non-factual in that sentence.
PP: I mean that while the facts are true, I do not agree with what you are saying. People matter. No matter how small or how we can be replaced, each one of us are important and matter.
BW: I never said otherwise, you dumb box. I agree with that. Even if we are sand grains on a sand grain, doesn't mean we should be jerks to each other.
PP: I agree.
BW: Glad you're here with me Penny.
PP: Affirmative. Now, enough procrastinating. Eat your ration.
