[ Matt nods again, slow and considering this time. ]
It stands to reason. And the possibility of failure, or making a less-than-ideal world, is no reason not to try. [ A flicker of a smile. ] A lot of religions where I come from say the gods had made a few previous versions of the world already, before they got to the one we lived in. Sometimes disasters happened that destroyed the old worlds, but other times, it took them a few iterations to get it right.
[ Don't get him wrong, Matt feels absolutely immobilized over the pressure of creating a better world. But he tries to comfort himself that even the gods don't nail it on their first try. ]
On the other hand, Cyrus makes a good point that the existence of these islands implies not everything is over.
What I can't figure out is ... [ He pauses for a moment, trying to figure out how to phrase it. He cards a hand absently through his hair while he thinks. ] There's a difference, I think, between something that's been devastated but can grow back. A forest after a fire, say. And something that's ... dying, and needs to be put out of its misery.
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It stands to reason. And the possibility of failure, or making a less-than-ideal world, is no reason not to try. [ A flicker of a smile. ] A lot of religions where I come from say the gods had made a few previous versions of the world already, before they got to the one we lived in. Sometimes disasters happened that destroyed the old worlds, but other times, it took them a few iterations to get it right.
[ Don't get him wrong, Matt feels absolutely immobilized over the pressure of creating a better world. But he tries to comfort himself that even the gods don't nail it on their first try. ]
On the other hand, Cyrus makes a good point that the existence of these islands implies not everything is over.
What I can't figure out is ... [ He pauses for a moment, trying to figure out how to phrase it. He cards a hand absently through his hair while he thinks. ] There's a difference, I think, between something that's been devastated but can grow back. A forest after a fire, say. And something that's ... dying, and needs to be put out of its misery.