( it could be different, if she could pick a hole in a ward and take daniel home with her. parisa has done it before — nothazai is a biomancer doctor, capable of healing any illness, any disease, like a miracle worker. but he can't heal death, can he? the theory: he could give daniel time, long years in an aging body, but they could be good, happy years. oncoming death does things to the psyche no religion or philosophy can, because nothing is more humbling than one's own confrontation in mortality. he could bond with his daughters in a way he never has, spend his last two decades of life living for them, for happy little piebald grandchildren with fat chubby cheeks and the genetic thumbprint of half bleached brows, going on trips to disneyland, eating dolewhips with a spoon. he wouldn't have to lose his mind, possibly the most precious thing to a journalist. but.
his children and his ex-wives and his readers aren't here. armand is, and armand is like her: selfish. immortality is selfish. he'll ruin his life just to claim it for himself, and parisa can't even blame him for it. there's never been anything she's loved so much in the world, that she wouldn't burn it all down if given half a chance.
still, it's not parisa's job to fix daniel's life. it's not even her job to be part of it. no one comes to her for a pulse check in reality — they want the fantasy. )
I get the context of your net post, now. What's the verdict? How are you spending your last day alive?
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his children and his ex-wives and his readers aren't here. armand is, and armand is like her: selfish. immortality is selfish. he'll ruin his life just to claim it for himself, and parisa can't even blame him for it. there's never been anything she's loved so much in the world, that she wouldn't burn it all down if given half a chance.
still, it's not parisa's job to fix daniel's life. it's not even her job to be part of it. no one comes to her for a pulse check in reality — they want the fantasy. )
I get the context of your net post, now.
What's the verdict? How are you spending your last day alive?