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[burntbridges]

[This message is preceded by an accidental audio clip from the username "necromantica". It's only a few seconds long, and contains only a single phrase.]

--Oh, bloody hell--

[The clip stays up on the network for an hour or two, before she remembers how to take down mistakes like that.

Several hours later there is an anonymous message, in text:]

I'm curious about everyone's thoughts on death, in this city. It's been so long since I've had new thoughts to hear on the matter.

Are you afraid of death? Would you be less afraid if you were in your home world?

If you had the chance to die briefly and return, just to see what it was like, would you take it?

Do you feel abandoned by those who have died before you? If someone abandoned you, could you forgive them?

Do you believe that corpses are people, or simply objects no longer in use? Should the dead have a say in how their body is used?

Could you love a ghost? Could you even stomach being their friend?

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Text; UN: blinded.by.light

[soulsflight]

I'm not afraid to die. That doesn't mean I'm chasing danger recklessly. I have plenty of people to live for and I know there is more for me in the future.

(The next question hits home. She decides to be perfectly honest, though her answer lacks detail.)

I was given the chance to be reborn in a new world. I took it and I don't regret the decision.

At one time I did feel abandoned. I was angry and confused. (The death of her parents had been a nasty shock.) But I know better now. I will remember those who have passed before me and carry on in their stead. There isn't anything to forgive.

(She pauses and re-reads the rest, frowning.) Corpses should be respected. Their souls have fled, but they are still a piece of those we have lost. How can they have a say? Unless you're talking about a Will?

Yes.

[burntbridges]

I can respect that. Even if one doesn't fear death, one shouldn't be seeking it without a good reason.

You were reborn? What was it like to die, for you? And what was it like to live again?

A will, yes. Or a ghost. I wonder how others feel about whether one should care whether a death person wants to be buried or burnt, if their body has a better use for the living.