May 12, 2025
Y'know, a lot of this philosophising kind of beats around the bush of the issue at hand. The world *is* ending. Futility *is* the name of the game. They all still wax about transient issues without ever juxtaposing them to the story's backdrop. First Gretel, then Lennac, then Kemishi - all of them make gestures at explaining to Henox why they keep going, but none seem to even broach the possibility that their actions are futile. And whilst I can appreciate that attitude from someone young like Gretel, and a mortal like Lennac, for Kemishi who is seemingly as immortal as Henox, her not even trying to address the crux of their situation feels disingenuous. Is there a reason why Kemishi doesn't take even a soft stance on that? Will she be able to survive the end of the world by hiding in water? What's stopping her from claiming vanitas vanitatum, omnia vanitas and admitting the (apparent) irrationality of her selfishness?
Also, birb in stone man hand go fwii
