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[hallaifyouherd]

I greet you, my fellow Legionnaires.

[ The image accompanying said greeting is that of a young woman with pointed ears and tattoos across the upper part of her face, peering inquisitively into the camera. She thinks she's got this broadcast option thing down. ]

In case we haven't met? My name is Marjara.

[ Her lips quirk upwards, before her expression grows a little more somber. ]

I've been thinking something through. And I think I know what I want to do. But a little experience from other people who might have gone through similar circumstances would help. I think.

[ She's not going to ask them to choose for her. Gods knew she'd never let someone make her mind up for her before now, and she wasn't about to start...but learning about the shift? The consequences? The little things that came along with it that you might not initially think about? Might be worth the time to ask. ]

Have any of you lost a part of you, a limb or...something else of similar importance, and chose to have it replaced? Would you be willing to speak of what it was like for you?

If not, I still thank you for your time.

Comments

[wallsofjericho]

I didn't take it that badly. I wanted you to know that you didn't have to go out of your way.

If you're asking because you're hoping to find some sort of insight into how to treat… whatever it is, I'd suggest you do something before you get 'there' and the loss becomes as much a part of you as it ever was.

[hallaifyouherd]

I think the question isn't if it can be treated. It seems pretty clear that they can.

I suppose I just wanted insight into how it feels, afterwords. You think you know what it will be like to have something happen to you, but you don't. Not really.

[wallsofjericho]

No, I don't know how it feels. I can only make my best guess. I don't think you have a wrong choice, from the generic version of the question, but you haven't given me all that much to go on.

[hallaifyouherd]

My apologies. I meant the more proverbial 'you'. Here meaning 'me'.

I didn't realize what it was going to be like. So I'm trying to go in prepared. Or at least a little more knowledgeable.

[wallsofjericho]

You don't have to apologize. I'm the one who misunderstood.

I hope the others have been more helpful than I can be. I'm sorry that I can't offer anything more concrete, but please don't take that as a conversation killer. I want to help.

[hallaifyouherd]

I appreciate that.

I just...don't want to be caught off-guard again.

[wallsofjericho]

By what? Learning how to work with the replacement? I don't think we remember all of this, when and if we go home.

[hallaifyouherd]

Oh.

So, whatever progress was made here would be lost, anyway. There's no real point to it.

[wallsofjericho]

I think there's a point to it. You don't know when you're going home, and you don't even know if you are going home. What if something goes wrong tomorrow and we never go home? Are you going to spend the rest of your life frozen, because maybe you'll go home tomorrow?

[hallaifyouherd]

Then what are you suggesting? Why would remembering make a difference if it doesn't?