03-24-2023, 06:37 AM
Jude is Tinkerbell-adjacent. It's the start-up boy energy, and start-up boys are just secular prophets. The boys in Silicon Valley use pitch decks to convert belief into venture capital. Jude has been part of something more elaborate, a rapid and strategic infiltration into spheres of science, politics, and religion. Unsurprisingly, money congeals in all of these higher echelons. Investments were made. There was even the hope the federal government could offer its bi-partisan support, sooner or later. Jude skedaddled before that level of execution, but it was there. Belief matters.
More than that, there is something metaphysical to it. The heat generated by belief cannot melt an ice cube, and yet Jude uses belief to reverse entropy.
"Hah!" This must be a joke. Jude sits up a little taller, bouncing up like an exclamation point with the energy of his amusement. He looks at Near expectantly, waiting for the follow-up.
His expression waivers. "Wait. Are you... serious?" Another "Hah!" comes out, but this one is an off-brand imitation of the first.
Jude can imagine a lot of things, but he has not imagined an actual confrontation. Once again, Near has imagined something entirely beyond him.
More than that, there is something metaphysical to it. The heat generated by belief cannot melt an ice cube, and yet Jude uses belief to reverse entropy.
"Hah!" This must be a joke. Jude sits up a little taller, bouncing up like an exclamation point with the energy of his amusement. He looks at Near expectantly, waiting for the follow-up.
His expression waivers. "Wait. Are you... serious?" Another "Hah!" comes out, but this one is an off-brand imitation of the first.
Jude can imagine a lot of things, but he has not imagined an actual confrontation. Once again, Near has imagined something entirely beyond him.