[He says it like it's something extraordinary, which, for him - it is. It is. He can breathe the air and smell the sea and feel the crunch of leaves underfoot and it is exhilarating.]
[But he hasn't yet learned that he's his own independent entity, at this point. He hasn't learned that he can exist without someone else's misery to ground him. And so, this man seems like an adequate target for his jests and jeers. Why not?]
But that's not the same thing. Surviving, and being alive.
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[He says it like it's something extraordinary, which, for him - it is. It is. He can breathe the air and smell the sea and feel the crunch of leaves underfoot and it is exhilarating.]
[But he hasn't yet learned that he's his own independent entity, at this point. He hasn't learned that he can exist without someone else's misery to ground him. And so, this man seems like an adequate target for his jests and jeers. Why not?]
But that's not the same thing. Surviving, and being alive.