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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8369018" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>Something I've been saying in other threads around the boards that I should formalize:</p><p></p><p>Outsiders are Unaligned for the Project Chronicle setting. They either ascribe to a moral identity that is outside of mortal experience or understanding, like Lovecraftian monsters that tend to treat mortals as little more than animals, or they're incapable of having a moral identity of their own and exist with perfect loyalty to a greater being into whom they invest their morality.</p><p></p><p>The difference to a mortal perspective in the setting is essentially nil. All outsiders are inscrutable wild cards that cannot be successfully predicted, only guessed at, with a similar level of success. They're also not likely to explain themselves to mortals for the same reason Einstein didn't explain Relativity to Puppies. As cute and tiny as they might be, they'll never be able to truly comprehend what you're telling them.</p><p></p><p>Imagine telling someone that you have to kill them for the greater good. They'll try to fight back, beg for their life, or escape, wasting everyone's time. So much easier to -just- kill them and then leave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8369018, member: 6796468"] Something I've been saying in other threads around the boards that I should formalize: Outsiders are Unaligned for the Project Chronicle setting. They either ascribe to a moral identity that is outside of mortal experience or understanding, like Lovecraftian monsters that tend to treat mortals as little more than animals, or they're incapable of having a moral identity of their own and exist with perfect loyalty to a greater being into whom they invest their morality. The difference to a mortal perspective in the setting is essentially nil. All outsiders are inscrutable wild cards that cannot be successfully predicted, only guessed at, with a similar level of success. They're also not likely to explain themselves to mortals for the same reason Einstein didn't explain Relativity to Puppies. As cute and tiny as they might be, they'll never be able to truly comprehend what you're telling them. Imagine telling someone that you have to kill them for the greater good. They'll try to fight back, beg for their life, or escape, wasting everyone's time. So much easier to -just- kill them and then leave. [/QUOTE]
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