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Relmopator: /* Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian. */

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Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian.

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	“At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”		“At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”

	=='''Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to ~~Rapheal~~, a Mesobian. '''==		=='''Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Raphael, a Mesobian. '''==
	"For the sake of this discussion, let's say I have no knowledge on the subject." Says Rafe.		"For the sake of this discussion, let's say I have no knowledge on the subject." Says Rafe.

Tolknor: /* Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian. */

2022-05-08T20:31:33Z

Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian.

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	He sighs.		He sighs.

	“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. We don't make friends easily. Some are downright paranoid. ”

	“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 I assure you we are going to go fishing.”		“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 and 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.“		“ Another way of looking at it is immersion. 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 ~~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.”		“After all that, your closest friends 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.”

Tolknor: /* Explanation two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian. */

2022-05-08T20:06:20Z

Explanation two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian.

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	“At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”		“At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”

	=='''Explanation ~~two~~: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian. '''==		=='''Explanation Two: Zachary, Son of Florimel to Rapheal, a Mesobian. '''==
	"For the sake of this discussion, let's say I have no knowledge on the subject."		"For the sake of this discussion, let's say I have no knowledge on the subject." Says Rafe.

	“Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”		Zachary says, “Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”

	He sighs.		He sighs.
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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 an elderly ~~man~~ 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? ”

	~~“Here is the main explanation of~~ Mind Blanking. Think about people like Bleys or Gerard or Caine or friggin Benedict~~. They stand out~~. 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 ~~you~~ 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.”		“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.“		“ 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.“

Tolknor at 20:01, 8 May 2022

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 “Ok, Mind Blanking... Its complicated and there are a lot of parts to it..  "
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 “At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”

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- “Ok, Mind Blanking... Its complicated and there are a lot of parts to it..  "
+“Ok, Mind Blanking... Its complicated and there are a lot of parts to it..  "
-Prince Arloxedra
+Prince Arloxedra says to Alvah, Daughter of Delwin.
-“But they study as outsiders. We never are of the people we study no matter how much we wish to be. And not being of them, we can never really grasp some things. Consider this. You were raised in Chicago. Say when you were young you fixated on Japan. Loved it. Listened to the music. Watched the movies. In school you took 4 years of early Japanese language study, another 6 in college. Then moved to Japan. Got a job there. Married a man, had children with him. All your friends were Japanese. You lived your whole life there. Almost never speaking english.. All right?” “After all that, they would still call you Sijan's American wife. They would comment how good your Japanese is. You would never understand the country or its people the way a native will. You will always be an outsider. And as an outsider, your appraisal of them will always be skewed by being an outsider. “ “So...” He takes several heavy chugs.. “So a shadow traveler seeks the place he wants to study. To embrace. Sure he could shapeshift and no one would know but he would still be an outsider. So.. He finds the place and time. Then he shifts to find someone who looks like him in the place and time. Then he shifts again to find someone who looks like him in the place and time but who dies at a young age. 3, 4, 5... Then...He finds a shadow where that person just died. Has enough life yet to take mental engrams recording all his memories..” “ Then he Mind Blanks.. He shapeshifts to the appearance of the dead person as a child. He has his team cast spells that make him forget everything he ever knew. They take the engrams and place them in him. Then they help him replace the dead child. He has no memory of life. The parents accept him as their child never knowing their real child has died. His shapeshift spell is keyed to change periodically to mimic growth. He grows up as a native. Learns as a native, lives as a native. Then after 30, 40, 50 years, the spell snaps. He remembers who he is. “ “At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”
+“But they study as outsiders. We never are of the people we study no matter how much we wish to be. And not being of them, we can never really grasp some things."

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	“Ok, Mind Blanking... Its complicated and there are a lot of parts to it.. But let me try to explain it broadly at first You are new to Amber, despite 13 years at Rasak, a lot of the cosmology hasn't been taught to you. Amberites are immortal. They can travel anywhere, do almost anything. We often live in places for decades, centuries, make friends, take lovers, study, teach.. it can be hard to fill immortality.		“Ok, Mind Blanking... Its complicated and there are a lot of parts to it.. "
			Prince Arloxedra
	So we immortals study the people in shadow to learn how the same people make different choices. Benedict does this to compare battle strategy.. Its done by Chaosians to learn powers, gain secrets, and enjoy pleasures they might not experience as well if they knew their whole history.

	“But they study as outsiders. We never are of the people we study no matter how much we wish to be. And not being of them, we can never really grasp some things. Consider this. You were raised in Chicago. Say when you were young you fixated on Japan. Loved it. Listened to the music. Watched the movies. In school you took 4 years of early Japanese language study, another 6 in college. Then moved to Japan. Got a job there. Married a man, had children with him. All your friends were Japanese. You lived your whole life there. Almost never speaking english.. All right?” “After all that, they would still call you Sijan's American wife. They would comment how good your Japanese is. You would never understand the country or its people the way a native will. You will always be an outsider. And as an outsider, your appraisal of them will always be skewed by being an outsider. “ “So...” He takes several heavy chugs.. “So a shadow traveler seeks the place he wants to study. To embrace. Sure he could shapeshift and no one would know but he would still be an outsider. So.. He finds the place and time. Then he shifts to find someone who looks like him in the place and time. Then he shifts again to find someone who looks like him in the place and time but who dies at a young age. 3, 4, 5... Then...He finds a shadow where that person just died. Has enough life yet to take mental engrams recording all his memories..” “ Then he Mind Blanks.. He shapeshifts to the appearance of the dead person as a child. He has his team cast spells that make him forget everything he ever knew. They take the engrams and place them in him. Then they help him replace the dead child. He has no memory of life. The parents accept him as their child never knowing their real child has died. His shapeshift spell is keyed to change periodically to mimic growth. He grows up as a native. Learns as a native, lives as a native. Then after 30, 40, 50 years, the spell snaps. He remembers who he is. “ “At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”		“But they study as outsiders. We never are of the people we study no matter how much we wish to be. And not being of them, we can never really grasp some things. Consider this. You were raised in Chicago. Say when you were young you fixated on Japan. Loved it. Listened to the music. Watched the movies. In school you took 4 years of early Japanese language study, another 6 in college. Then moved to Japan. Got a job there. Married a man, had children with him. All your friends were Japanese. You lived your whole life there. Almost never speaking english.. All right?” “After all that, they would still call you Sijan's American wife. They would comment how good your Japanese is. You would never understand the country or its people the way a native will. You will always be an outsider. And as an outsider, your appraisal of them will always be skewed by being an outsider. “ “So...” He takes several heavy chugs.. “So a shadow traveler seeks the place he wants to study. To embrace. Sure he could shapeshift and no one would know but he would still be an outsider. So.. He finds the place and time. Then he shifts to find someone who looks like him in the place and time. Then he shifts again to find someone who looks like him in the place and time but who dies at a young age. 3, 4, 5... Then...He finds a shadow where that person just died. Has enough life yet to take mental engrams recording all his memories..” “ Then he Mind Blanks.. He shapeshifts to the appearance of the dead person as a child. He has his team cast spells that make him forget everything he ever knew. They take the engrams and place them in him. Then they help him replace the dead child. He has no memory of life. The parents accept him as their child never knowing their real child has died. His shapeshift spell is keyed to change periodically to mimic growth. He grows up as a native. Learns as a native, lives as a native. Then after 30, 40, 50 years, the spell snaps. He remembers who he is. “ “At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”

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“Ok, Mind Blanking... Its complicated and there are a lot of parts to it.. But let me try to explain it broadly at first You are new to Amber, despite 13 years at Rasak, a lot of the cosmology hasn't been taught to you. Amberites are immortal. They can travel anywhere, do almost anything. We often live in places for decades, centuries, make friends, take lovers, study, teach.. it can be hard to fill immortality.

So we immortals study the people in shadow to learn how the same people make different choices. Benedict does this to compare battle strategy.. Its done by Chaosians to learn powers, gain secrets, and enjoy pleasures they might not experience as well if they knew their whole history.

“But they study as outsiders. We never are of the people we study no matter how much we wish to be. And not being of them, we can never really grasp some things. Consider this. You were raised in Chicago. Say when you were young you fixated on Japan. Loved it. Listened to the music. Watched the movies. In school you took 4 years of early Japanese language study, another 6 in college. Then moved to Japan. Got a job there. Married a man, had children with him. All your friends were Japanese. You lived your whole life there. Almost never speaking english.. All right?” “After all that, they would still call you Sijan's American wife. They would comment how good your Japanese is. You would never understand the country or its people the way a native will. You will always be an outsider. And as an outsider, your appraisal of them will always be skewed by being an outsider. “ “So...” He takes several heavy chugs.. “So a shadow traveler seeks the place he wants to study. To embrace. Sure he could shapeshift and no one would know but he would still be an outsider. So.. He finds the place and time. Then he shifts to find someone who looks like him in the place and time. Then he shifts again to find someone who looks like him in the place and time but who dies at a young age. 3, 4, 5... Then...He finds a shadow where that person just died. Has enough life yet to take mental engrams recording all his memories..” “ Then he Mind Blanks.. He shapeshifts to the appearance of the dead person as a child. He has his team cast spells that make him forget everything he ever knew. They take the engrams and place them in him. Then they help him replace the dead child. He has no memory of life. The parents accept him as their child never knowing their real child has died. His shapeshift spell is keyed to change periodically to mimic growth. He grows up as a native. Learns as a native, lives as a native. Then after 30, 40, 50 years, the spell snaps. He remembers who he is. “ “At that point he can leave the world or stay remembering who he is, but also remembering having lived as a native. I have done this several dozen times. I am old, Alvah. Older then many of the elders. Immortality can be lonely.. Sometimes forgetting and growing up as someone else is the only way to not be lonely.”