06-21-2025, 03:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2025, 04:25 AM by NobodySpecial268.
Edit Reason: being picky with my mispellings
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Maybe I should explain my saying the machine elves are considered children.
That was the warning given to me when encountering the little people et al, and not because they are children per se. In Mckenna's venture into the land of machine elves, the "adults" would not be far away supervising McKenna unnoticed.
Rather the word "children" is used to tell one how to behave there, and how to behave with them.
There is a need to take the position of an "adult", and them "children". We are expected to behave as adults in these situations. Children need understanding and kindness from adults, and more importantly, it is a warning not to get angry with them.
Therefore, McKennah found himself the centre of attention at the equivalent of a "children's party". Even if he described the machine elves as "badly trained Rottweilers" they are still "children".
One picks these nuances up along the way.
That was the warning given to me when encountering the little people et al, and not because they are children per se. In Mckenna's venture into the land of machine elves, the "adults" would not be far away supervising McKenna unnoticed.
Rather the word "children" is used to tell one how to behave there, and how to behave with them.
There is a need to take the position of an "adult", and them "children". We are expected to behave as adults in these situations. Children need understanding and kindness from adults, and more importantly, it is a warning not to get angry with them.
Therefore, McKennah found himself the centre of attention at the equivalent of a "children's party". Even if he described the machine elves as "badly trained Rottweilers" they are still "children".
One picks these nuances up along the way.