UN: ScielCandide | Video

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[The camera is fixed on a table, upon which sits a neat stack of cards –– black with gold foil in the shape of a sun and moon bisecting each other. The user’s hands pass over the deck and spreads it wide into an arc. Her hands are tanned, with two rings on her ring finger and one on her index finger, and she has so many colourful braided bracelets that some wind around her palm.

Her voice is pleasant, playful, French, a little theatrical:]

Bonsoir, mes amies!

Tonight and tonight only, I will tell your fortune with a single card. Tell me your name, and if you would like to hear about love, money, health or the soul.

If it moves you, you must repay me with an amusing anecdote about yourself.

Ready to play?

Comments

[restingstitchface]

Certainly. Consider a person causing themselves harm to escape emotional pain. They might consume alcohol or indulge themselves with food. Such reduction in pressure encourages repetition because of the temporary relief from stress.

[He murmurs before continuing.]

Or consider lying. Should a lie succeed, the individual avoids facing the consequences of their actions, meaning those lies more likely to occur. People misrepresent the truth for personal reasons. But why?

Cw blunt mention of suicide

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[Pardon her for a moment while she tries to imagine what self-harm is obtained by eating. Huh? Whatever. Moving on, her voice crisp:]

Too black and white for me, personally. If they didn’t do anything to ease their pain, or distract themselves from it, they might just kill themselves. It takes more time to heal than most people can bear without a little indulgence.

[And, as much as defending lying makes her want to grit her teeth right now…]

Likewise, would you really want to live with people who are honest all the time? Sounds like a quick way to hurt feelings and cause arguments, or get hurt. I think we get by fine with lies, even if it can be equally unpleasant.

[restingstitchface]

[Black and white? He appreciates data seems so to those unable to interpret or extrapolate from it - but he can never deride what it promises. The fulfilment of his curiosity.]

Agreed. Lying is not entirely negative. Parents manipulate their children to influence them towards developing good behaviour. That little treat for doing something well? That's manipulation. Society accepts we can lie for good reasons, too. Little white lies...

[Honesty. Lying. No matter what a person chooses, their choices are still data.]

Though I appreciate we are approaching this from opposite angles. My understanding of human behaviour is probably different to yours. Perils of my work, I'm afraid.

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[Pleasantly:]

Oh, I understand completely, Doctor. I lack your education and experience. But thank you for sharing!