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First Day. [text/action for rocket base.]

[Keisuke's not really feeling up for too much talking, given his situation, but he feels the need to take care of some basic business between his Rocket training seminars, etc.]

I've already figured out that this isn't a dream. Though it may not seem normal, the universe itself makes too much sense for that. Knowing that doesn't solve my problem, though...

Why am I here? Is there a way to get back home so I can finish something I need to do?

...If anyone knows Atsuro Kihara, Midori Komaki, or any of their friends, I would appreciate it if you'd tell me. I can't be the only one here, after all.

K-T

[God, he hoped he wasn't the only one here.]

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[putting those millions of years to use awwwyeah]

I suppose so, though I do not possess much experience with having friends.

[In other words, no he does not really have friends HOW DO THEY WORK? Not even counting Hiro, since he's...he's a complicated matter altogether. ~~This is foreveralone.jpg, the tag.~~]

[...Yeesh. Keisuke didn't have many friends in life, either--he was more 'protector' in middle school than 'friend' to most--but he still knew when he considered someone his friend.]

Do you have an opinion on the subject one way or another? If he didn't consider you a friend, would you care?

K-T

[All very important questions.]

[Wow Keisuke, this is the third noticeable pause you receive from him today. You sure are good at eliciting those. This isn't anything he's had to really think about until now. His response is a simple one, unsure what else to say (for once).]

Yes.

[Demons and global calamities don't scare him, but rejection sort of does. Funny how that works.]

Good. That's something, at least.

K-T

Human relationships are complex.

[Sigh.]

They can be, yes. Even for actual humans, sometimes.

Don't worry. I'm not the best at this type of thing either.

K-T

What an intricate society Man has created.

[But he can't say it's all that bad. Their culture is the result of their choices, and their potential for freedom.]

It is if you dwell on it, but thinking about it isn't always the best way to observe and learn. Some things just need to be accepted at face value. Besides, I would think that every society is complex in their own way because of the individuals involved.

K-T

[But Keisuke, he wants to KNOW ALL THE THINGS about humans.]

That is the result of free will, no?

[And Keisuke totally doesn't think that's creepy at all, nope.]

Even societies without free will can be unique, but that certainly does help.

K-T

Without free will?

[no free will

no...free...will...

this is a Big Deal to him.]

Hypothetically speaking. The closest examples I can come up with are enslaved people, or demons. Though they have conditions--contracts or otherwise--that keep them from acting freely, they still have free will in how they act out orders.

If there were to be a society without free will, it would be drastically different from any others, and so would be unique. Its customs and values would also be complex.

K-T

[Hrm.]

I see. Would you also say free will and culture are unrelated?

[Small pause while he thinks.]

Not at all. People shape their culture because of who they are and who they decide to be.

K-T

I see. Humans nurtured culture with their freedom...

This is something that really interests you, isn't it?

K-T

[Even if it's totally obvious, he figures he should ask directly.]

Yes. It has interested me for a very long time.

[A very long time.]

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