beholdmydemons | seventh fusion

[Walter starts talking almost immediately after turning on the recording, sounding tired but as though his message was prepared ahead of time.]

You're the king of a country, and you hold a great contest - or a game. One man who comes to participate is very tall, and strong. Would you let him compete as any other, or bar him from the game to even those others' chances?

A man comes to a remote village, one that's remained as it is for a thousand years. He brings with him technology that would change life as the people know it, bringing them comfort and luxury. Should the village send that man away, or accept his gifts?

The person you love is gravely ill, doomed to sleep and never wake...you've tried every remedy you can imagine, and there's nothing left at your disposal. Would you tend to them for the rest of your life, or let them die naturally?

[He goes quiet, not sure what to follow that up with. The radio, playing tinnily in the background, switches to a holiday song that's been on at least five times already today.

...Yeah, that bears asking about. In just as tired a voice, but a much less rehearsed one:]

What the hell is Christmas?

[[ooc: canon update to end of first route split, complete!]]

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Then assume someone poses these questions to you as they are, and gives you two paths to walk down, one for each choice. You can only go forward, so which choices do you make?

Why are you so determined to force everyone who answers into these false dichotomies?

It's how I was given the questions. The point is to see what you value most.

Presented this way, it seems like it's more accurate to say which of the two choices the person values more.

There's no room for third-party interpretation, nor is there any leeway for an opinion that falls outside that rigid duality. That's arrogant to presume, isn't it?