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| − | “That's a saying common in shadow and close to the heart of people like us. You have had less then a month of immortality, assuming that whatever power tossed you into the game has given it to you. I've had 1400 years in Amber but closer to 10,000 years in shadow. That makes me a barely a teenager of my kind. My father, Flora, has had about 3000 years in Amber but to hear her tell it close to 30,000 years in shadow. Benedict has had about 6500 years in Amber but nearly a million in shadow. Those numbers are fairly typical of our kind. Immortality can be quite a bore. We grow jaded | + | “That's a saying common in shadow and close to the heart of people like us. You have had less then a month of immortality, assuming that whatever power tossed you into the game has given it to you. I've had 1400 years in Amber but closer to 10,000 years in shadow. That makes me a barely a teenager of my kind. My father, Flora, has had about 3000 years in Amber but to hear her tell it close to 30,000 years in shadow. Benedict has had about 6500 years in Amber but nearly a million in shadow. Those numbers are fairly typical of our kind. Immortality can be quite a bore. We grow jaded.” |
“There are places in shadow like Amber, where you can be elderly and once you arrive, if you are sufficiently enthusiastic you can grow young. The problem is enthusiasm. The problem is how do you become enthusiastic about something without standing out. How do you become enthusiastic about something you love if you have been doing it for centuries? ” | “There are places in shadow like Amber, where you can be elderly and once you arrive, if you are sufficiently enthusiastic you can grow young. The problem is enthusiasm. The problem is how do you become enthusiastic about something without standing out. How do you become enthusiastic about something you love if you have been doing it for centuries? ” | ||
| − | “That's where Mind Blanking comes in. Think about people like Bleys or Gerard or Caine or friggin Benedict. There is a sense of experience, confidence, competence, about them that only comes from vast age. People notice. They stand out. They never fit in. They always have a sense about them of being from someplace else. They are never a native. They are larger then life. If you were standing in line at a McDingles waiting to order a TripleTripple and Gerard was standing behind you his force of presence might make you bow and let him go ahead of you. You wouldn't even know why. A room full of people argue vehemently on a playwrights. Nuances and details and good reasons for everyone's point of view. Who is best? Shakespeare, Bacon, Shaw, Dabliin, Candawal, Ibsen, O'niel? Bleys walks in and says, “Its Chekhov.” Everyone nods, agrees, and leaves to go find something else to argue about now that there is no doubt that its Chekhov. If I tell you the greatest magician, besides myself, was Houdini you might nod but then tell me Copperfield was better or Henning, or Caven, or Angril. Because I don't have the presence Bleys has. Even though I have been on stage with Houdini and I was far better then him you would be able to argue. But Finndo walks into the room and says the greatest stage magician was Cagliostro | + | “That's where Mind Blanking comes in. Think about people like Bleys or Gerard or Caine or friggin Benedict. There is a sense of experience, confidence, competence, about them that only comes from vast age. People notice. They stand out. They never fit in. They always have a sense about them of being from someplace else. They are never a native. They are larger then life. If you were standing in line at a McDingles waiting to order a TripleTripple and Gerard was standing behind you his force of presence might make you bow and let him go ahead of you. You wouldn't even know why. A room full of people argue vehemently on a playwrights. Nuances and details and good reasons for everyone's point of view. Who is best? Shakespeare, Bacon, Shaw, Dabliin, Candawal, Ibsen, O'niel? Bleys walks in and says, “Its Chekhov.” Everyone nods, agrees, and leaves to go find something else to argue about now that there is no doubt that its Chekhov. If I tell you the greatest magician, besides myself, was Houdini you might nod but then tell me Copperfield was better or Henning, or Caven, or Angril. Because I don't have the presence Bleys has. Even though I have been on stage with Houdini and I was far better then him you would be able to argue. But Finndo walks into the room and says the greatest stage magician was Cagliostro I assure you we are going to go fishing.” |
| − | “ | + | “ Anther way of looking at it. Say you were a 5 year old and fell in love Bridgette Bardot. After that you became obsessed with France. In High School you took 4 years of French lessons. You devoured French literature. Listened to french rock music. In college you took 4 years French and majored in French History and minored in French cooking. After college you moved to Paris. Got a job teaching French history. Met a french girl and married her, raised a family. Spent 40 years teaching in France till you retired. Never went back to the USA, got French citizenship, all your friends were french.“ |
| − | “After all that, your closest | + | “After all that, your closest friend will still call you Suzette's American husband. They will compliment how good you speak the language. Your kids will be French but you will always be that American. Its just how it is.” |
“Mind Blanking takes away the awe. It makes you a native. Now its not done solo. Its done as part of a team. Expert shadowshavers. You find the topic you want to study. Lets say cooking, because I Mind Blanked for that. You find a world with the kind of cooking you want to do. The time period, place, nationality you want to be in. The kind of resources you want. All the works. Not just the cooking but the language, culture, education, sports, nationalities. You then shave to find one of those worlds with a similar physical person to you. Not a shadow but someone with similar facial features and physique. Then you shave down to where that person is a child.” | “Mind Blanking takes away the awe. It makes you a native. Now its not done solo. Its done as part of a team. Expert shadowshavers. You find the topic you want to study. Lets say cooking, because I Mind Blanked for that. You find a world with the kind of cooking you want to do. The time period, place, nationality you want to be in. The kind of resources you want. All the works. Not just the cooking but the language, culture, education, sports, nationalities. You then shave to find one of those worlds with a similar physical person to you. Not a shadow but someone with similar facial features and physique. Then you shave down to where that person is a child.” | ||
