[ The Ring-Spirit listens with brows knit in concern, trying to figure out a way to... make some kind of impression, here.
This is the Pharaoh, both mortal and divine, the one who is supposed to ~uphold Ma'at~ all on his lonesome. There's a person inside the role - but how does the Ring-Spirit get past all of that to reach the person inside? The person who seems to think "Never bend, never break" isn't unsustainable. The idiot in front of him.
The Ring-Spirit replies slowly. ]
...You're from before we met, at home. But for me, we've played several shadow games against each other. You would play just like this, because you were the player, and I your opponent - if you didn't defeat me, then I won, there was no one else who could take over your role if you failed. Everyone else was the stakes we played for. Every possible slipup had the potential to be your last mistake, and that would doom everyone else.
This isn't that kind of game. Everyone is a player, with ourselves as our stakes. Other players aren't pieces you can maneuver. You have to maneuver yourself, and you're refusing to assess your own strengths and weaknesses. You can't form a strategy based on ignoring what it is you have to work with!
And don't tell me "I will win because I have to, and won't lose because I've decided against it" is a strategy.
[ Yes, maybe it's the "strategy" he's tended to rely on... but also? He likes the results he's been getting recently a LOT more than his usual, and "recently" has relied on him noting and sometimes outright admitting (to other people, even!) that he. isn't. perfect.
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Date: 2021-10-10 04:26 am (UTC)This is the Pharaoh, both mortal and divine, the one who is supposed to ~uphold Ma'at~ all on his lonesome. There's a person inside the role - but how does the Ring-Spirit get past all of that to reach the person inside? The person who seems to think "Never bend, never break" isn't unsustainable. The idiot in front of him.
The Ring-Spirit replies slowly. ]
...You're from before we met, at home. But for me, we've played several shadow games against each other. You would play just like this, because you were the player, and I your opponent - if you didn't defeat me, then I won, there was no one else who could take over your role if you failed. Everyone else was the stakes we played for. Every possible slipup had the potential to be your last mistake, and that would doom everyone else.
This isn't that kind of game. Everyone is a player, with ourselves as our stakes. Other players aren't pieces you can maneuver. You have to maneuver yourself, and you're refusing to assess your own strengths and weaknesses. You can't form a strategy based on ignoring what it is you have to work with!
And don't tell me "I will win because I have to, and won't lose because I've decided against it" is a strategy.
[ Yes, maybe it's the "strategy" he's tended to rely on... but also? He likes the results he's been getting recently a LOT more than his usual, and "recently" has relied on him noting and sometimes outright admitting (to other people, even!) that he. isn't. perfect.
Fucking try it, u dingbat,, ]