savetheearth | Entry #A-4: "Ante" [February 21, Text]

Though the police and the Blood Keys obviously represent a threat to many numbered individuals, I have a question about organized religion, and what pulses might mean when framed within certain philosophical contexts. No matter how natural it might feel, if there really is another being nudging its way into an existing consciousness, changing a person's aptitudes, physical attributes and even their personality... there have to be at least a few churches that would consider that demonic possession, right? Has anyone tried to reconcile what's happening with influential religious practices, and do we have any resources for assisting anyone who might wind up the subject of an attempted exorcism? Those still happen today, they can be extremely dangerous, and I'm concerned about the possibility of frightened numbered people seeking out such assistance, or being subjected to it by their families and communities. Thinking you're crazy is one thing, but sincerely believing that the devil is wielding you as an instrument is another entirely. Probably not something that the FAQ page can successfully assuage, for the most tenaciously convinced.

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And you know how badly they stick out when you do see one of them?

Also? Not albino.

I don't think I said you were. Just that I'd met other people with white hair. Yours is from trauma, I'm well aware.

And I bet they stick out just as much, if not worse. Because it's not normal. So people notice. Which I don't like.

You could always shave or crop it and wear a wig.

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No.

Why? Do you have a good reason?

It would be annoying as fuck!

So... no, not really.

The hell is something being more annoying than it's worth not a good reason?!

People tend to get rid of the things that really bother them, or attain the things they really want. It's just self-defeating behavior holding you back in this case... or the fact that you actually like your hair.

I'm not about to go through a pain in the ass of effort because of other people being idiots and annoying about it!

Like it's not any effort or a pain in the ass to upkeep all that hair.

Not as much as you seem to think.

It's probably a routine by now. It wouldn't seem that way to you.

Far less than it would to keep it short or dyed.

Believe it or not, I don't do anything at all with my hair. There is literally zero effort that goes into it.

Why would anyone have any trouble believing that?

You mean you don't? Why not?

Reading comprehension. Do you have it?

Yes. Why don't you have trouble believing that I don't do anything with my hair?

Because it looks like shit....

It is much cleaner than fecal matter.

Do you have to take everything literally, you failure of a human being?

Yes.

So what happens when someone tells you to go fuck yourself?

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