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[orphne]

Hi everyone!

Jerry gave me some homework. Can you help me with it, please? ( •̯́ ^ •̯̀)

He wants me to ask if there's such a thing as going “too far” to protect someone you love. What extent would you go to protect others? Would you physically harm them if it meant saving them from harm?

Oh, you can respond with video or call or text or whatever, that's fine! If you want to talk to each other too, that'll probably help, also.

Thank you! ₊˚⊹♡

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[orphne]

I guess humans and demons aren't that different, then.

[She'd be annoyed if anyone were so concerned for her well-being that they tried to get her to stay behind. That's ultimately what she'd tried to do to Scott, isn't it? Make him stay behind because it would have been safer for him.]

I guess... it's just hard to know where the limits are between protecting somebody and stopping them from acting on their own. You know?

[sinningtree]

In many ways they are not.

[A pause, as he considers.]

Truthfully, it may be more accurate to say that those with abilities operate differently from those without them. On my world it is rare for humans to have any sort of power, but here... almost everyone seems to have some sort of ability.

By which I mean to say, everyone's ability to defend themselves or help in a fight is unique to their specific circumstances. In the case where you know someone might not survive a situation it is easier to make certain decisions for them. In the name of protecting them, of course. With most of the Chosen... it seems more prudent to work together as a team.

You would have to truly know the individual and their limits to be informed enough to know when protecting them is in their best interests and not just your own fear for their well being.

[Being selfishly over protective is a thing, after all.]