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[eyeforaneye]

[ There is nothing even remotely cheerful in Sasuke's expression as the video clicks on. Far from it. Please, stop watching while you can. ]

I think Sadiq Adnan is attractive. As a male, he is adequate.

That's all.

[ And it clicks off. Helpful hint? A bet has gone awry. ]

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[fierybluebird]

But I am proud of it.

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[eyeforaneye]

Why the hell is that worthwhile?

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[fierybluebird]

They're fun. More fun with nakama, but it's all in what you make of it.

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[eyeforaneye]

I couldn't enjoy time that I knew was wasted. Time that could've been spent productively, furthering my goals.

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[fierybluebird]

Who says it was wasted or further from your goals?

Like I said before, sometimes the paths that reach the end are different, but they still have the same end.

All routes lead to the Grand Line, eh.

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[eyeforaneye]

What you're preaching sounds like fate or destiny.

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[fierybluebird]

Bite me.

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[fierybluebird]

Che... Blackbeard believes in destiny. He's a fool.

People who believe in destiny are those that believe they can only go on one single path. That their way is guided by fate and therefore, no divergence is acceptable, because it would be defying their fate. And if they're like Teach, they think whatever random choice of paths they pick is the one they have to keep sticking on, and that it's all part of divine fate's guided plan. As if there's some hand helping them through the maze on the shortest route.

I'm talking about the direct opposite of that. Freedom. You can do what you want to get your dreams, you don't have to chase one path to get it. The paths can go infinite directions, but you can follow whatever you want and still continue towards your goal. If life is a maze, then my way has no dead-ends, because I'll just fly over it.

What makes you so convinced you have to play by somebody else's rules that you never signed up for?

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[eyeforaneye]

I'm not convinced that I have to play by the rules of another. I'm convinced that what I see is the only reality I can attain. In that way, the only rules I'm playing by are my own.

I don't believe that I'll achieve my goals if I take breaks or simply allow things to play out as you suggest.

My maze has dead-ends.

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[fierybluebird]

Mah, not necessarily breaks, just divergences in routes, eh?

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[eyeforaneye]

It is hard not to see it as a setback or a waste of time. I'm not growing younger.