She nods, not entirely in agreement, but in contemplation.
"A true thing. It exists, regardless of whether or not it is perceived. It persists, regardless of whether or not it is extant. If you, Link, were to find yourself in a barren wasteland alone with no other conscious life, you would still be Link. In ten thousand years, every piece of you that composed you would still be there, recycled into the earth and the stars.
"If I, Shu, am not perceived by humanity, I do not exist. I am a reflection of your consciousness. When I disappear, every piece of me will vanish, because they were never real. My creations, my works, my words, my actions will all be gone. It is not that I would be erased from history, but it is simply that I never did exist.
"However, in the here and now, I would like to believe that there is nothing that separates us. You perceive that I live, breathe, plant, harvest, and create food, and thus, it is so. You and everyone else share a mass belief in a being called Shu... And so, I am as much a person as you are."
If Link does not understand this, it is because it is largely incomprehensible to humanity.
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Date: 2025-02-01 03:14 am (UTC)She nods, not entirely in agreement, but in contemplation.
"A true thing. It exists, regardless of whether or not it is perceived. It persists, regardless of whether or not it is extant. If you, Link, were to find yourself in a barren wasteland alone with no other conscious life, you would still be Link. In ten thousand years, every piece of you that composed you would still be there, recycled into the earth and the stars.
"If I, Shu, am not perceived by humanity, I do not exist. I am a reflection of your consciousness. When I disappear, every piece of me will vanish, because they were never real. My creations, my works, my words, my actions will all be gone. It is not that I would be erased from history, but it is simply that I never did exist.
"However, in the here and now, I would like to believe that there is nothing that separates us. You perceive that I live, breathe, plant, harvest, and create food, and thus, it is so. You and everyone else share a mass belief in a being called Shu... And so, I am as much a person as you are."
If Link does not understand this, it is because it is largely incomprehensible to humanity.