DIRECTED TO MERIDIAN, OPEN TO ALL.

[twohand]

[ In the midst of the Advocate's beginnings, perhaps a few world adventures in ( ignore pax's belated posting in that case ), there is a quiet presence that coalesces within the minds of all. An Advocate, dusk-skinned and thoughtful as he addresses all present. Even his voice is morose, a little saddened by what he has taken notice of — though that is mostly on behalf of Meridian. He cannot imagine what it must feel like, to look upon something familiar and have it not be exactly what they want. ]

They're dying. These worlds — they're already lost, they're torn up and left in pieces, they're dreams of what was; please don't make them suffer when you can bring them a gentle end. Even if you fight to restore them in the long run, choosing to save them now is torturous. It is asking someone with a terminal illness to fight on, when they ought to be given the ability to rest.

[ He sounds like he is pleading with the Meri, a call not to stand so firmly with their impossible desire to restore all that they make such a glaring mistake. ]

All things have a right to live, I agree. But, all those same things also should have a dignified end. I am only asking that you understand this, and choose to help us give what is left of these worlds the ending that I wish our worlds could have had.

This time, please... just this time. I am asking on their behalf, for all to choose a difficult thing — but, the thing that only we now have the power to do for them.

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[twohand]

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. ]

Thank you for engaging with me.