@chaosprime I just finished Player of Games and I feel sad.
@lalanl *nodnod* I invite you to mull over #2, in particular the question of what if he feels that way because someone wanted him to.
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@chaosprime Someone in-book? I'm having a hard time coming up with motivations. -
@lalanl My take is that Gurgeh was sent to murder Azad because 1) Azad bad 2) as therapy. With these priorities not incomparably weighted. -
@chaosprime so now Chiark, which was boring before, now feels more like home because it's doesn't have the conflict he ended up hating? -
@lalanl Kinda? I dunno that he wound up hating conflict so much as that his drive to conquer and possess became less shiny when he had a… -
@lalanl …chance to see where it goes. So the lack of ability to express that is no longer alienating him from Chiark. -
@chaosprime so he's back to Give me the games with no stakes, I don't want the suffering and fighting that come with playing for a reason
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