[There he goes again, talking about fate. While Josh can appreciate the sentiment of having two lives — and he thinks about his own in the same way, even though he can't (and on some level refuses to) let go of his past — there's something he suddenly doesn't understand, as far as Oboro's belief in fate is concerned.
His brows furrow.]
Oboro...
[God, this is morbid.]
What you did, that's — that's the ultimate act of free will. A lot of people think that the whole question of life should be left in the hands of fate, or some... y'know, some higher power. Like — back home, for example, one of the things we wrestled with, one of the most challenging questions we had to try to answer was: If you're sick and you're suffering and there's no hope of getting better, do you have the right to end that suffering with the help of a physician without it being considered a crime? And you'd think, probably, of course someone has that right. Why would it be a crime, if it's their decision? But a lot of people don't think that way — they think it should be left up to fate.
[Loose though the connection may be, he thinks it fits. Kind of.
no subject
His brows furrow.]
Oboro...
[God, this is morbid.]
What you did, that's — that's the ultimate act of free will. A lot of people think that the whole question of life should be left in the hands of fate, or some... y'know, some higher power. Like — back home, for example, one of the things we wrestled with, one of the most challenging questions we had to try to answer was: If you're sick and you're suffering and there's no hope of getting better, do you have the right to end that suffering with the help of a physician without it being considered a crime? And you'd think, probably, of course someone has that right. Why would it be a crime, if it's their decision? But a lot of people don't think that way — they think it should be left up to fate.
[Loose though the connection may be, he thinks it fits. Kind of.
Or illustrates his point, at least.
Kind of.]