Althea ☾’s Reviews > A Psalm for the Wild-Built > Status Update

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.“

“What’s the purpose of me?”
“You’re here to learn about people.”
“That’s something I’m doing. That’s not my reason for being. When I am done with this, I will do other things. I do not have a purpose any more than a mouse or a slug or a thornbush does. Why do you have to have one in order to feel content?”

“It is difficult for anyone born and raised in human infrastructure to truly internalize the fact that your view of the world is backward.“

“You’re the only species that does this, you know.”
“You could say that about a lot of things.”

ah, everyone was right, this is so good

this robot is so funny and insightful

“do you have a gender?”
“no”
“me too”

ohmygodddddd yes. normalize.

THE NARRATOR SINGS T^T not saying i cried… but i cried

they’re so happy it makes me happy

this feels like a warm hug