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[originallutece]

Rosalind Lutece

Doctor of physics, professor at Recollé University.

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[roseblooms]

Prompto thinks that the ends justify the means. I think his exact words were, "it's us or them".

I don't know if I agree with that, but by the same token, you're not the only one finding it easier than expected to sleep at night despite it.

It's not just you, Rosalind. And I think you're right that it's confirmation bias — you're looking for reasons to find yourself similar to her out of fear, the same way I've been seeing animal things in myself since I started unraveling the mysteries of what I may or may not be.

[originallutece]

[Promise me, she wants to demand of him, promise me you'll tell me if you see me start to become her, but that's silly. The best way to get over anxiety is to simply shove past it and trust what evidence she has in front of her. Fawkes agrees it's confirmation bias, and while he won't always call her out, he'd surely tell her the truth on that.

So, instead:]

Animal things? Like what, precisely?

[roseblooms]

Something...predatory. More raw, more primal. Less emphasis on empathy and more on individuality; more of a tendency to bend in the direction of the "fight" side of a fight or flight response.

Sometimes it feels as though I understand how an apex predator must feel. It has nothing to fear, and everything around it belongs to it.

[originallutece]

That's not typical of a fox. I wonder how typical it is of a kitsune, though. Surely not every one could feel so powerful, or no one would ever get anything done.

You are strong like that. You picked me up with ease-- more ease than you usually can, I mean. I wonder if you were someone particularly powerful.