You ask the questions you're curious to hear the answers to Then I'll tell you exactly what I think about it We have strict traditions that don't align particularly well with my personal beliefs
Did you at some point in your life serve in the political sphere I understand the need but it doesn't sound very easy Politicians and people in authority have a tendency to lie through their teeth
As of yet I have not, though I have been a Vulcan representative within a human-dominated organization in an unofficial capacity. One day I will perhaps do more. My planet benefits from the involvement of its people, but that does not mean we should turn a blind eye to others in need.
You spoke of divides within your culture. On what basis are these divides established?
( kaladin listens to spock describe a racial imbalance in his organization. the first question that come to mind is presumptuous, one that'd cage spock in with one of his minority comradesβrlain wanted him to listen, not to assume.
so, that is what he does now. tries to, at least. )
You have brown eyes Spock Dark brown You'd be a lower-class citizen in Alethkar The divides are established on any basis that further raises one half of the population higher than the other
I'm came to find myself in a representative position like you A bridge between extremes
[ Though by Kaladin's own estimation, arbitrary. A position no doubt more easily assumed by a member of the discriminated population but he has seen the marginalized representatives of other species struggle to come to the same sense of self that Kaladin already seems to possess. ]
Such a difference would be considered without meaning in my culture, though you must have already ascertained as much. [ Which might as well be Spock for "what are the odds". ]
"Struggle" has variable definitions. I often face internal and external conflicts and the opportunities to address them. Some are more easily reconciled than others, and in some it is difficult to find a lesson. [ That can be the hardest part. Desperate to find meaning in his challenges, and being left with nothing but the challenge itself. ]
Earth and Roshar may have humans but we are only alike in attitude
( it's been hard to talk to everyone. lighteyes, darkeyes, women, men... all of the segregation he knew has become totally obsolete. subjects of conversation are complicated for him, too, because what they talk about is alien to him. he's expected to be someone he's not, and if they find out he or his opinions are different, they try to force him to be the sameβsquare peg, square hole.
spock must understand... or is he forcing him to be the same, too?
kaladin scowls in thought, bringing his hand up to rub at his chin. )
It's exhausting
Do you ever want to stop trying You don't seem like the type but it must be hard to be the model Vulcan I don't think anyone is fit for that duty
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You ask the questions you're curious to hear the answers to
Then I'll tell you exactly what I think about it
We have strict traditions that don't align particularly well with my personal beliefs
Did you at some point in your life serve in the political sphere
I understand the need but it doesn't sound very easy
Politicians and people in authority have a tendency to lie through their teeth
no subject
You spoke of divides within your culture. On what basis are these divides established?
no subject
so, that is what he does now. tries to, at least. )
You have brown eyes Spock
Dark brown
You'd be a lower-class citizen in Alethkar
The divides are established on any basis that further raises one half of the population higher than the other
I'm came to find myself in a representative position like you
A bridge between extremes
Do you struggle in your role
no subject
[ Though by Kaladin's own estimation, arbitrary. A position no doubt more easily assumed by a member of the discriminated population but he has seen the marginalized representatives of other species struggle to come to the same sense of self that Kaladin already seems to possess. ]
Such a difference would be considered without meaning in my culture, though you must have already ascertained as much. [ Which might as well be Spock for "what are the odds". ]
"Struggle" has variable definitions. I often face internal and external conflicts and the opportunities to address them. Some are more easily reconciled than others, and in some it is difficult to find a lesson. [ That can be the hardest part. Desperate to find meaning in his challenges, and being left with nothing but the challenge itself. ]
no subject
( it's been hard to talk to everyone. lighteyes, darkeyes, women, men... all of the segregation he knew has become totally obsolete. subjects of conversation are complicated for him, too, because what they talk about is alien to him. he's expected to be someone he's not, and if they find out he or his opinions are different, they try to force him to be the sameβsquare peg, square hole.
spock must understand... or is he forcing him to be the same, too?
kaladin scowls in thought, bringing his hand up to rub at his chin. )
It's exhausting
Do you ever want to stop trying
You don't seem like the type but it must be hard to be the model Vulcan
I don't think anyone is fit for that duty