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[odasaku]

Sakutarou Oda

Hello, Sakutarou Oda. I can't come to the phone now, but I don't know how to check my voicemail, so text me. Or call me again.

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Comments

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[thesettingsun]

Quick question: how long would you say the longest letter you've written was? Inches-wise.

[odasaku]

Maybe about three paragraphs.

Why?

[thesettingsun]

So you'd agree that a letter that's 13 feet long is excessive?

[odasaku]

[ it takes a while for him to respond....mostly because he's so surprised about a 13 foot letter. ]

A little.

[ he's being nice. ]

[thesettingsun]

That's what I thought.

Why the hell did past me write a 13 foot long letter? I understand that he was begging his teacher for a literary prize but why would anyone ever think that was a good idea?

[odasaku]

When you're in a desperate situation, you're willing to do anything.

Maybe past you felt that.

[thesettingsun]

How desperate can it be? He was begging for a literary prize. You won't die if you don't win an award and some prize money.

[odasaku]

I don't know, then.

What are you going to do with the letter?

[thesettingsun]

Keep it rolled up in my apartment in case I need to convince someone that past me had issues for some reason.

[odasaku]

Would anyone really argue with you about that?

[thesettingsun]

Just in case. It's hard to argue that a guy who wrote a fucklong letter didn't have any issues.

[odasaku]

If you say so.

[thesettingsun]

I hope when you get stuff like this it isn't as terrible. I don't know anything about past you, though.

[odasaku]

What if my other self...or past me, or whatever, ends up being a terrible person?

[thesettingsun]

Sometimes they are. You can't really do anything about that. But that doesn't mean you're going to end up that way.

[odasaku]

If they’re another self from another universe, you’re right.

But if I was them, then that would make me a murderer. Just because I wouldn’t remember doesn’t mean I would be innocent.

[thesettingsun]

I disagree.

Practically speaking, the 'you' of now didn't have any choice about what your past self did. Blaming yourself for their choices won't help you or anyone else any. And if you just treat yourself like you're already a murderer, nothing good comes of that.

[odasaku]

Well, it's all hypothetical, anyways.

I doubt I can be something like that. I don't even know how to handle a weapon.

[thesettingsun]

I didn't know how to swing a scythe around until recently. I couldn't even lift the thing.

[odasaku]

So you're implying that my other self might be able to do that.

[thesettingsun]

It's not impossible.

[odasaku]

Okay.

[ he's not really liking this, shuji. ]

[thesettingsun]

[That's fair.]

Sorry. I just don't want to mislead you about stuff like this.

[odasaku]

It's fine. Not your fault.

[thesettingsun]

I'll see you at work later?