...Of all the lingering questions you could have that is an interesting choice.
[Who knows if Seimei was involved in the creation of his new found shackles. What Gogol does know is that the timing of this gift is suspicious and so he opts to actually stick around to explain what he's steadily losing.]
The human brain has been molded to feel innately humane and involuntary emotion. In turn these emotions function according to man made concepts such as morality. With those societal constraints in place there is an inherently right and wrong way to exist!
[Iconic forehead tapping.gif]
Freedom is the soul breaking away from the shackles of that brain.
[ Aaand that right there is why he asked. Most others, he'd imagine, would describe freedom as a much more grounded thing, the means to go and do whatever it is one wished without having to worry about consequences from the world around them. Worrying about consequences from within one's own mind is another matter altogether.
He rolls the idea around in his head for a few moments, letting it digest. If acting in a 'humane' way was willingly sitting in one's cage, he can start to see where the connection to that philosophy and gutting a sleeping woman came from. ]
So you wish to shed your humanity and become a beast.
[ There's no judgement in that word, no accusations of savagery or a lesser existence. Only matter of fact observation. He can easily imagine the capital's court balking at the idea of an inherently moral and human--and therefore superior--soul being discarded, and it brings an ever-so-slight quirk to the edges of his lips. ]
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[Who knows if Seimei was involved in the creation of his new found shackles. What Gogol does know is that the timing of this gift is suspicious and so he opts to actually stick around to explain what he's steadily losing.]
The human brain has been molded to feel innately humane and involuntary emotion. In turn these emotions function according to man made concepts such as morality. With those societal constraints in place there is an inherently right and wrong way to exist!
[Iconic forehead tapping.gif]
Freedom is the soul breaking away from the shackles of that brain.
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He rolls the idea around in his head for a few moments, letting it digest. If acting in a 'humane' way was willingly sitting in one's cage, he can start to see where the connection to that philosophy and gutting a sleeping woman came from. ]
So you wish to shed your humanity and become a beast.
[ There's no judgement in that word, no accusations of savagery or a lesser existence. Only matter of fact observation. He can easily imagine the capital's court balking at the idea of an inherently moral and human--and therefore superior--soul being discarded, and it brings an ever-so-slight quirk to the edges of his lips. ]