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[spellcollect]

[ Frieren's mind opens up; as before, on the surface it's a calm, smooth pond. She's not quite used to this, so the connection (at first) is a touch tentative and then as she feels her way forward it opens more until she thinks she's finally ready. ]

I have a question for all of you. And you may consider it a simple matter of curiosity; I won't take offense at being ignored.

[ There's a pause, as if she's collecting her thoughts. ]

How many of you are long-lived species? Or long-lived by virtue of who you are? My kind are rare, even in my world, so I can't assume others will be particularly more common here, at the end of the universe.

[ It's an open question. ]

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[spellcollect]

That it's a powerful claim.

[ Frieren registers interest; a bit of fascination. ]

But I don't know if it means anything to me. I was born and I will die, eventually. But that's very far in the future, as far as I know.

[redsoil]

It is a fact, not a claim. Gods are not born, nor do they die.

[ Ignore that Quetzalcoatl did, Kenos is a freak place with freak rules and Set won't be like her. <3 ]

Why does longevity matter to you?

[spellcollect]

Then you're a god.

[ Another bold claim. Although she knows the goddess exists, she's never interacted with her on a personal level. ]

I wouldn't say the longevity itself matters. I'm mostly trying to find out if there are others who share my experience of it.

[redsoil]

And what is "your experience"?

[spellcollect]

Living over a thousand years and counting.

[ And the strange sensation of being out of sync with all the other, shorter-lived people around her. ]

[redsoil]

I suppose any long-lived creature comes to contemplate their existence comparatively.

[ Set does not; there is no one to compare his experience with, save for another god. Even a long-lived mortal or immortal entity is not the same. Her curiosity is a little pleasing, though as always (sighs) his tone is wryly accusatory. ]

What kind of value do you put on life, then? And separately: on living. They are two different things, after all.

[spellcollect]

I don't see a reason to unnecessarily kill, if that's what you mean by "life".

[ If he wants more than that, he might have to ask to go more in depth. ]

As for living? I can't say I have a philosophy. I travel. I seek out the things that interest me. That might answer that question, in a way.