Do you think they're mutually exclusive? Or I suppose I should say, does true love by definition have to be exclusive? Reserved only for one other person, ever, for all time?
[He looks up then, gazing right back at Giorno with an equally even expression, and drums his fingers lightly in the air.]
Demons tend to have lifespans vastly longer than a human's — dozens or even hundreds of times over. Suppose true love forms between a demon and a human — as it did in the case that I've witnessed. Once the human passes away, is the possibility of true love extinguished for that demon for the rest of their span?
[He stops, humming under his breath as it seems to occur to him that he doesn't really know who he's even debating with here — whether he's trying to make a case to Giorno or to himself.]
I think...exclusivity isn't what makes love "true", in my experience. I think there are degrees of love, some inferior to others, with "true" love superior to the rest. That's not to say it's...better, exactly, more desirable — but its character is different. I think that's how I want to put it.
But I'm getting off-track. You're proposing I pursue this for what it is, instead of getting caught up in notions of what it might be, or what it ought to be.
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[He looks up then, gazing right back at Giorno with an equally even expression, and drums his fingers lightly in the air.]
Demons tend to have lifespans vastly longer than a human's — dozens or even hundreds of times over. Suppose true love forms between a demon and a human — as it did in the case that I've witnessed. Once the human passes away, is the possibility of true love extinguished for that demon for the rest of their span?
[He stops, humming under his breath as it seems to occur to him that he doesn't really know who he's even debating with here — whether he's trying to make a case to Giorno or to himself.]
I think...exclusivity isn't what makes love "true", in my experience. I think there are degrees of love, some inferior to others, with "true" love superior to the rest. That's not to say it's...better, exactly, more desirable — but its character is different. I think that's how I want to put it.
But I'm getting off-track. You're proposing I pursue this for what it is, instead of getting caught up in notions of what it might be, or what it ought to be.