... You can't appeal to any will to live for herself. Brilith has never had such a thing to begin with.
[he's quiet for a bit.]
Despite how she may seem now, she still cares in her own way. However... [how does he explain any of this?] ... she's lived for so long that her scope of what "matters" is distorted.
Dying means nothing to her because she believes that either she'll have another chance or that even if she doesn't, her death would do no significant harm in the long run. [and she isn't necessarily wrong about that. she's seen for herself that the world goes on.] But if she had reason to believe that a large enough scale is under threat, she might be more inclined to survive, out of a sense of duty.
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[he's quiet for a bit.]
Despite how she may seem now, she still cares in her own way. However... [how does he explain any of this?] ... she's lived for so long that her scope of what "matters" is distorted.
Dying means nothing to her because she believes that either she'll have another chance or that even if she doesn't, her death would do no significant harm in the long run. [and she isn't necessarily wrong about that. she's seen for herself that the world goes on.] But if she had reason to believe that a large enough scale is under threat, she might be more inclined to survive, out of a sense of duty.