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[elvenking]

[The Elvenking doesn't really like the tiny typey thingy. Font lacks the character of the person communicating in a way both handwriting and speaking do not. But in this case, that's what makes him feel safer. Even though the text is not anonymous, he feels like there are a few layers between him and the emotional implications surrounding this question.]

What is it like to forget?

[There is no chance of him explaining to anyone why this question is so important, but he'd like a frame of reference right now. It's not that elves have eidetic memory, exactly, but forgetting half a song is different from forgetting the place you grew up in. Just to state a random example.]

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[culver]

Forget what?

[elvenking]

Memories.

[culver]

Not sure how to describe it.

[Anonymous] B^)

[staytofight]

A relief.

[Explaining that is at least possible with the help of good ol' anon, right?

Besides, anonymous is kinda interesting.

He should do this more.]

Or... breath of fresh air. Weight off your shoulders, without having to endure the difficult struggle of letting go.

RUDE.

[elvenking]

Surely not if the memories are good!

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[servant]

Forget what? Like someone's birthday?

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[elvenking]

To forget a memory. Of a place, of a person, of an event.

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[fraud]

[ meet mike ross. he can't forget anything. ]

Let me know when you figure it out.

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[elvenking]

[The scary part is that Thranduil thinks he might actually know firsthand. For the first time in over 6500 years of living.]

Can you not ask someone who knows?

[Because of the language and the fact that there's no way to tell tone via text, he's thinking this person is sincere rather than merely empathetic.]

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[wolfdreamer]

It is sad.

Do you ask because you think it is different for every person?

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[elvenking]

I ask because my people do not forget.

[SDKFJHSLDKFJ TINY KID you should not be saaaaaad...]

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[redhotsummers]

It's hard to describe to someone who doesn't experience it.

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[elvenking]

So I hear.

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[harriedosborn]

It depends. Sometimes you don't even notice.

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[elvenking]

Not even when you try to recall the memory you lost?

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[theshabbiestofmen]

Restful, sometimes. Worrying, other times.

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[elvenking]

It depends on the memory.

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[helpmeguideit]

Unpleasant, I'd assume. I'd like to remember everything, even the things that may not be the best.

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[elvenking]

Do you?

anonymous text;

[salads]

Seems nice, but actually terrible.

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[elvenking]

Some say it is both. Some believe it is only one or the other. Either way, my intent was to learn what it is like, not whether it is agreeable.

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[psychometry]

Dangerous.

[ Ooooor maybe that's just Quinlan. ]

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[elvenking]

I was not asking for the philosophy of it, but the sensation of it.

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[leaps]

Depends on what you're forgetting, I think.
Sometimes it's not a bad thing.

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[elvenking]

But what it is like? Do they fade as color from cloth, or vanish utterly?