It's certainly interesting wording. Rather open-ended, isn't it? If all we truly have to do is live, well... There are infinite ways to live one's life.
[ Two hands before him, palms up. A weighty gesture with one. ]
For some, living means getting to enjoy a reality that's comparatively less volatile than the one they left behind, or a second chance at life after death. Simply getting to live at all is enough, and they'll take whatever happens here as a natural consequence.
[ And then the other. ]
For others, living under contract is untenable no matter what else happens, good or bad. Living means fighting at all costs to be free again– or perhaps free for the first time in their lives. The things that happen here, then, become part of that fight.
[ A beat, and then he looks down at his hands and drops them, shrugging and laughing. ]
And a million other possibilities! I suppose everyone's definition of what it means to live here is different.
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[ Two hands before him, palms up. A weighty gesture with one. ]
For some, living means getting to enjoy a reality that's comparatively less volatile than the one they left behind, or a second chance at life after death. Simply getting to live at all is enough, and they'll take whatever happens here as a natural consequence.
[ And then the other. ]
For others, living under contract is untenable no matter what else happens, good or bad. Living means fighting at all costs to be free again– or perhaps free for the first time in their lives. The things that happen here, then, become part of that fight.
[ A beat, and then he looks down at his hands and drops them, shrugging and laughing. ]
And a million other possibilities! I suppose everyone's definition of what it means to live here is different.