Subject: Re: [PW!] The SECOND Race Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:29:49 GMT From: Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Weaver wrote: > Outlook keeps giving me some weird error message when I try to post this, so > I'm e-mailing it to you. I don't know what else I can do. [Posting this to the NG for Weaver for this reason.] > "Adrian Tymes" <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote in message > news:3D168F84.3020300@pacbell.net... >>Aerie blinked, trying and utterly failing to grasp the concept. "...so? >>That's like rejecting a sword just because it was built instead of grown >>like some tree limb, or not learning how to swing a sword just 'cause >>you weren't born with one. Umm...if samurais these days still use >>swords, that is." >> > Kitsu and Keaton gave her a quizzical look for a second. They pondered for > a moment how to best explain it. > > "Maybe it's not something someone like her can understand," Keaton said, > giving up. > > "Or perhaps we've been going about it the wrong way," Kitsu said. "We may > have been a little to figurative. The point of the matter is that we've > brought dishonor to ourselves in the eyes of our clan, and it's up to us to > restore that honor." > > "Honor is highly valued by the Samurai," Keaton explained. "It is not > easily earned or kept, and to lose it brings great shame not only to > yourself but those you associate with. Without honor there is no greatness. > Only infamy or rejection." > > "Which is why we need to change ourselves back," Kitsu continued. "If not > for our own good, but for the good of our friends and family as well. Do > you understand that?" "..." Aerie blinked. "Umm...I understand the part about needing to change yourself back for the good of those you care about. I just don't get *why* that'd be a good thing. Do you dishonor yourselves just because you would even consider ever using a sword? Does a strong man dishonor himself just for being strong, especially if he was born that way? If not, then I don't see why being weres should bring any dishonor. "I mean...well..." She stepped back a bit, nudging aside the bushes that concealed the corpses of some Rockets. "I heard them planning to leap out and try to capture you, and those other weres who took off a few minutes ago. If I was just a human girl, I don't think I could've done much without some equipment...but as is, they won't bother anyone ever again. Mommy and Daddy did stuff like this all the time, so I figured I'd help others the same way. Or was it 'dishonorable' to use what I happened to have?"