genessia | [Video] After Ted's log...

Well. Earlier this month, I had my hatchday. Not that I did anything special for it. There wasn't anything to do, really. Not in this world.

In the next order of business, a small group and I have defeated a pair of undead wyverns. That particular situation was of a personal interest to me, because it struck closer to home than I'd like to admit. Something very similar is happening in my own world, but on a much larger scale. I refuse to allow anything like that to happen here.

And since whoever reanimated those creatures has yet to be found, it's safe to assume that we can expect to see more of them at some point. We must tackle the problem at its source. Raising the bodies of the deceased to be used as tools is one thing I will not stand for. No body or soul should be torn from death to be bound to someone else's will. For any reason. They've lived their lives. Let them rest in peace.

[The dragon lets out a deep sigh, calming himself before his rage rises.]

That's all I wanted to say.

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That is pretty scary as you talk about it. Letting them run wild. I mean if they are shells of who they are what could they do?

I would imagine that they could do anything. They just don't have any control over themselves like they would if they had their souls and their consciences.

But even with souls and consciences people still do terrible things, so... [She pauses to think about this now because what was the point she was slowly starting to think about.]

It's still terrible, but I guess having a soul doesn't really make that much of a difference. Only for those who did care about not doing terrible things. That's the most terrible.

[He blinks at her, not entirely sure how to respond. What is her point?]

I suppose when one being is in control of another, having a soul doesn't make much of a difference.

Though the more I think of it. You said before they were just shells of who they once were. They, in reality, aren't really controlling a person against their will. Just an empty shell with nothing there.

If a person uses it for a good purpose is there really anything wrong with that? So while we talk about souls... I realized really the dead don't have those. The souls of the people are in fact still resting.

That's what it sounds like to me.

[He just lets out an exasperated sigh. If people didn't really understand his disdain towards necromancy, it would be all the more difficult to explain it. But he'd still try.]

While that is technically true, there is just that sickening feeling that comes with watching the remains of someone you care about shambling about. I, for one, am not happy with seeing my sons in that condition, looking like they're eternally sick. That can't be healthy. My sons are dead, and even though I wish they weren't, I don't wish for them to come back either, even if they could be themselves again. Even if they could come back, it won't change the fact that they died in the first place. Honestly, I don't think it's a feeling one can truly understand unless they've experienced it themselves.

Speaking of healthy, since we are talking about decaying bodies, there are also infections waiting to happen.

I honestly very much doubt I will ever experience it on a personal level so we might ever really agree on every single point. But I can at least try and understand both sides of it rather than just the one.

So I might go back to everglade to speak to a few people.

No one can agree on every single thing. It's why I stopped arguing with Weiss on the matter, and more or less "agreed to disagree". Though I am thoroughly puzzled on why saving lives is so important to her if she can so easily discard the memories of the departed.

[A beat as a possibility comes to him.]

...Is that the humans' way of coping with grief?

Everglade is...different. The dead...or undead...whatever you want to call them, are different from the shambling corpses. They have their own wills...most of the ones I've seen, anyway. Whether they have souls or not, I can't even guess.

I think that would depend on her reasonings. I don't know so I really don't have a right to say or try to understand right now personally.

[She shrugged slightly, she didn't honestly know.]

I wouldn't know. With Everglade even if they are a different kind of undead, it's still in a way the same thing. They are still the undead. That's why I want to talk to them.

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