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xavier_institute2015-09-30 03:31 pm
theveilisin) wrote in xavier_institute2015-09-30 03:31 pm
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Nothing left to do when you've got to go on waiting
So. Powers.
[That was unusually straight to the point for Luvander, but the whole virus ordeal - or rather, his complete inability to do anything about it - has taken its toll. He's on edge, frustration fraying even his generous amount of optimism.]
Mutants can, if you allow the melodrama, perform miracles - and from what I've learned of Christianity so far, we all know how appreciated that tends to be. I consider it astonishing that no one has tried to nail me to anything yet, personally.
[More than a bit sacrilegious, but his sense of propriety was pretty limited to begin with, and the current situation isn't helping.]
The point is that quite a few of us can do things which no amount of human ingenuity has managed to replicate yet, and it follows that we can help people in ways that would otherwise be impossible in this day and age.
But no matter how powerful, a human being is by default a finite resource. We cannot, as the saying goes, be everywhere at once. So who do we help? Who do we prioritize?
[He smiles brightly, spreading his hands, but there is a mocking edge to his voice.]
Growing up, I was told that the person I should prioritize above anyone was myself. Because of the nature of my power, I was always worth more alive than anyone else - if I sacrificed myself for someone else, the finite resource that is me would run out. No more miracles.
What do you say? Sounds terribly reasonable, doesn't it?
[That was unusually straight to the point for Luvander, but the whole virus ordeal - or rather, his complete inability to do anything about it - has taken its toll. He's on edge, frustration fraying even his generous amount of optimism.]
Mutants can, if you allow the melodrama, perform miracles - and from what I've learned of Christianity so far, we all know how appreciated that tends to be. I consider it astonishing that no one has tried to nail me to anything yet, personally.
[More than a bit sacrilegious, but his sense of propriety was pretty limited to begin with, and the current situation isn't helping.]
The point is that quite a few of us can do things which no amount of human ingenuity has managed to replicate yet, and it follows that we can help people in ways that would otherwise be impossible in this day and age.
But no matter how powerful, a human being is by default a finite resource. We cannot, as the saying goes, be everywhere at once. So who do we help? Who do we prioritize?
[He smiles brightly, spreading his hands, but there is a mocking edge to his voice.]
Growing up, I was told that the person I should prioritize above anyone was myself. Because of the nature of my power, I was always worth more alive than anyone else - if I sacrificed myself for someone else, the finite resource that is me would run out. No more miracles.
What do you say? Sounds terribly reasonable, doesn't it?