Yes, it is. You cannot claim life holds more value than death, for that is cruel to those who lived before us. Both are integral to our experiences.
[ His expression crumbles a little, trying to seek Dimitri's mind to assure him that it's okay to accept the quietude and importance of dying. To Drizzt, it is an inevitable thing — he has always known he would die in battle, and worked hard to live a life that he could be satisfied with, knowing that once he died, he would only leave behind deeds and stories. ]
Do you not remember what it was like, to die? To feel the world die around you as Oblivion took it? Before we arrived here, that was our experience. Please don't condemn these people to that sensation, too. Take them in your gentle hands, and care for the way they will die. That's all I ask.
[ He doesn't expect Dimitri to show such difficult, complicated empathy. Most Meridian's seem to put no consideration towards how people die, only seeking to deny that they will. ]
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[ His expression crumbles a little, trying to seek Dimitri's mind to assure him that it's okay to accept the quietude and importance of dying. To Drizzt, it is an inevitable thing — he has always known he would die in battle, and worked hard to live a life that he could be satisfied with, knowing that once he died, he would only leave behind deeds and stories. ]
Do you not remember what it was like, to die? To feel the world die around you as Oblivion took it? Before we arrived here, that was our experience. Please don't condemn these people to that sensation, too. Take them in your gentle hands, and care for the way they will die. That's all I ask.
[ He doesn't expect Dimitri to show such difficult, complicated empathy. Most Meridian's seem to put no consideration towards how people die, only seeking to deny that they will. ]
Thank you for engaging with me.