Again, I can't say that I mind the correspondence; if you would like to send me things as frequently as you have been, that's fine. I won't discourage you from asking questions, and I'll answer what I can - I think curiosity like that is a good trait in people, honestly. Questioning the world, and questioning the people around you...it's a good habit to cultivate.
As always, in order, starting with the follow-up first:
1. I didn't hand-select you, exactly; it's more that the circumstances that brought you all here trended toward favoring certain types of people, as well as certain circumstances in general. Your particular set of people just happen to remind me a good amount of my coworkers in various ways; I don't know if it's because you're all that similar or if I'm projecting my own thoughts onto the lot of you, however. I'll admit that the second option is possible.
2. The being who brought you here is probably best described as God, yes. At least as far as I can tell.
3. I'll see what can be done, with regards to reading material like that.
4. I appreciate the clarification, though I'll admit that I still don't understand. As I've said before, however, feelings aren't precisely my strong suit - I've never had much use for them, after all. I've experienced loss, because there's no one in the world above a certain age that hasn't, I don't think; I've also been the one that's taken lives many times over. In some ways I understand the mourning process; I've never been one for funerals or public displays, but I have my own methods for remembrance that I adhere to - personal rituals and the like, because I don't believe that the dead should be forgotten, nor do I believe that those who have taken lives should be permitted to forget those they've removed from the world of the living. But I haven't experienced the lack of closure that you're talking about, and I don't know that it's something I can experience properly, either, due to my own life circumstances.
I understand what you're saying, of course, but comprehending and experiencing are two different things; logic isn't empathy, after all, though it can imitate it sometimes with enough practice. That said, it's something that I'll keep in mind, I suppose.
5. What I consider important varies; there really isn't a bright line for it. All of the criteria you've mentioned certainly qualify, though, and I tend to like the ones where I think I've gotten to know more about the sender best.
6. Focusing on the one that looks like it will actually get somewhere is the wisest course of action, yes. Doing otherwise is wasting your time; the rule states that only one may be submitted for consideration in the first place, after all, any after that will be discarded.
Admittedly, it's interesting to see where everyone's priorities either way, and it's possible I may grant some things that the group may not expect (no one expected the chickens, and I honestly didn't expect to be petitioned for chickens in the first place), but I'm assuming you want to actually get things done.
7. I don't know if I'd say that I'm enjoying this so much as I am finding it interesting, but then, I've already mentioned that emotions aren't my strong suit – happiness and pleasure aren't terribly common occurrences for me, and I suppose you could call me dispassionate in general and not be wrong. But I do like my work, otherwise I wouldn't do it, and I do like watching people and seeing how they react to things, and in that way I suppose this is entertaining for me.
That said, I don't have a particular set of expectations to be exceeded or met, really; there is no ideal end that I have in mind, for either you or myself. Things will go as they do, I imagine. I am pleased with all of you so far, for what it's worth.
8. There are seven floors to this building – you weren't expecting fifteen, by any chance?
- Conductor
PS - You have my apologies for your morning being so terrible, though you're correct in the assumption that I didn't stock the machine.
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LETTER 7
Again, I can't say that I mind the correspondence; if you would like to send me things as frequently as you have been, that's fine. I won't discourage you from asking questions, and I'll answer what I can - I think curiosity like that is a good trait in people, honestly. Questioning the world, and questioning the people around you...it's a good habit to cultivate.
As always, in order, starting with the follow-up first:
1. I didn't hand-select you, exactly; it's more that the circumstances that brought you all here trended toward favoring certain types of people, as well as certain circumstances in general. Your particular set of people just happen to remind me a good amount of my coworkers in various ways; I don't know if it's because you're all that similar or if I'm projecting my own thoughts onto the lot of you, however. I'll admit that the second option is possible.
2. The being who brought you here is probably best described as God, yes. At least as far as I can tell.
3. I'll see what can be done, with regards to reading material like that.
4. I appreciate the clarification, though I'll admit that I still don't understand. As I've said before, however, feelings aren't precisely my strong suit - I've never had much use for them, after all. I've experienced loss, because there's no one in the world above a certain age that hasn't, I don't think; I've also been the one that's taken lives many times over. In some ways I understand the mourning process; I've never been one for funerals or public displays, but I have my own methods for remembrance that I adhere to - personal rituals and the like, because I don't believe that the dead should be forgotten, nor do I believe that those who have taken lives should be permitted to forget those they've removed from the world of the living. But I haven't experienced the lack of closure that you're talking about, and I don't know that it's something I can experience properly, either, due to my own life circumstances.
I understand what you're saying, of course, but comprehending and experiencing are two different things; logic isn't empathy, after all, though it can imitate it sometimes with enough practice. That said, it's something that I'll keep in mind, I suppose.
5. What I consider important varies; there really isn't a bright line for it. All of the criteria you've mentioned certainly qualify, though, and I tend to like the ones where I think I've gotten to know more about the sender best.
6. Focusing on the one that looks like it will actually get somewhere is the wisest course of action, yes. Doing otherwise is wasting your time; the rule states that only one may be submitted for consideration in the first place, after all, any after that will be discarded.
Admittedly, it's interesting to see where everyone's priorities either way, and it's possible I may grant some things that the group may not expect (no one expected the chickens, and I honestly didn't expect to be petitioned for chickens in the first place), but I'm assuming you want to actually get things done.
7. I don't know if I'd say that I'm enjoying this so much as I am finding it interesting, but then, I've already mentioned that emotions aren't my strong suit – happiness and pleasure aren't terribly common occurrences for me, and I suppose you could call me dispassionate in general and not be wrong. But I do like my work, otherwise I wouldn't do it, and I do like watching people and seeing how they react to things, and in that way I suppose this is entertaining for me.
That said, I don't have a particular set of expectations to be exceeded or met, really; there is no ideal end that I have in mind, for either you or myself. Things will go as they do, I imagine. I am pleased with all of you so far, for what it's worth.
8. There are seven floors to this building – you weren't expecting fifteen, by any chance?
- Conductor
PS - You have my apologies for your morning being so terrible, though you're correct in the assumption that I didn't stock the machine.