[ That's an interesting name. He'll be sure to remember it. ]
Oh! Ah, [ there's uncertainty in his voice, almost like he's expecting to be surprised by his own words, oxymoron that that is, ] no, I don't think so. Or, well— I'm not sure. In my culture, many — if not most — people do. As a child, I suppose I was exposed to that viewpoint and it affected my early perceptions. But as an adult, I was more focused on making something out my life, not on what would come after it.
As a scientist, it seemed irrational to imagine an afterlife. But then... for people of imagination, there's something appealing to the "beyond."
[ For Alfons, the realm that both occupied his fantasies and targeted his striving was more practical, or at the very least more literal: outer space. ]
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Oh! Ah, [ there's uncertainty in his voice, almost like he's expecting to be surprised by his own words, oxymoron that that is, ] no, I don't think so. Or, well— I'm not sure. In my culture, many — if not most — people do. As a child, I suppose I was exposed to that viewpoint and it affected my early perceptions. But as an adult, I was more focused on making something out my life, not on what would come after it.
As a scientist, it seemed irrational to imagine an afterlife. But then... for people of imagination, there's something appealing to the "beyond."
[ For Alfons, the realm that both occupied his fantasies and targeted his striving was more practical, or at the very least more literal: outer space. ]
Do you come from a place with religion?