wimsy posted:

Ash: sometimes I ask myself... Do I really want to catch them all?

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Ash: Confused, I guess .I always thought it was my quest to catch them, but what if there's no such thing as a quest? What if life is just one pointless episode after another?

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Ash: When you're a kid you think your parents know everything but then you grow up and you realize that the reason they acted like there was a meaning to life wasn't because they knew what the meaning was, it was because they were desperately trying to protect you from an abyss of meaninglessness that was grinding them down every second of every day.

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Ash: But... Maybe that *is* the meaning? Maybe we don't make meaning for ourselves, maybe we make it for *other people* because we love them and care about them. Love *is* the meaning.

Owlduzzthatmakeufeeyul: Owlduzzthatmakeufeeyul

Ash: Amazing! Thank you so much. Boy, this therapy thing really works! I feel so much better!

Owlduzzthatmakeufeeyul: That'll be $200.