Is that how they do it, where you're from? [they nod along with this, chin in their hand, thinking.] Burial in the ground, that's one way it's done. Cremation is popular, too. But there are even rites based on leaving bodies out in the open, becoming carrion.
All of it sort of comes down to one thing, which is returning the physical back to nature, where it came from. A reminder that the bodies we have were always part of nature, and always will be. I don't think what happened to Kazuma is so different, when you think about it. Burying him in the ground would just be...some echo of a ritual that doesn't really apply here.
[they're thoughtful about what they're saying, their expression concerned. when they really stop to think, the angles of their stone face are a little sharper, gaunt and androgynous, but surprisingly young.]
The prayer, safe passage - now, that's nice. That might mean something to your goddess, I can't say. But the rest of it, the rites... I think they're really more meant as a way for people to say goodbye, don't you? People need that.
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All of it sort of comes down to one thing, which is returning the physical back to nature, where it came from. A reminder that the bodies we have were always part of nature, and always will be. I don't think what happened to Kazuma is so different, when you think about it. Burying him in the ground would just be...some echo of a ritual that doesn't really apply here.
[they're thoughtful about what they're saying, their expression concerned. when they really stop to think, the angles of their stone face are a little sharper, gaunt and androgynous, but surprisingly young.]
The prayer, safe passage - now, that's nice. That might mean something to your goddess, I can't say. But the rest of it, the rites... I think they're really more meant as a way for people to say goodbye, don't you? People need that.
[they pause, watching vax.]
Can I ask you a favor?