(07-30-2016, 06:00 PM)Kilieit Wrote: You misunderstood me again - I'm saying of course a normal mortal can't communicate with an Elemental through the Elementals' "language", because doing so hurts them.
So you need someone with special skills to be able to translate.
You didn't read how I clarified my meaning of "intent" - I mean what you are intending to do at this moment. As in. "I am intending to strike my fingers against the plastic." Not "I am intending to communicate with you." It's a bit more complicated than that, but that's the basic jist of what I'm trying to talk about.
And yes. That's what I said. They seem aware that there are lots of mortals, and are capable of differentiating "X mortal is more similar to Y mortal than Z mortal is" when they try (see: 3.0 quest). But that doesn't mean they're interested in concepts like individuality and nuance.
It's really difficult to talk about this when you misread or misunderstand 50% of what I'm writing, I'm sorry. x_x
When I'm reading your posts, and you're using "they" to describe both the Elementals and the mortals, and not really differentiating between them, it's kind of difficult to catch on that you're speaking of the mortals understanding the intent of the Elementals (which seems to be what you were saying in the first part, although I read it completely backwards because, again, you only mention the "mortals" in the context of, "We know they have problems when they try to do this"). But since apparently "intent" is meant in a completely different context than I've ever seen it used before in conversation (see below), I misunderstood that part as well.
Also, I guess I'm just reading the words "intent" and "intentions" differently. Usually, when the words "intent" and "intentions" are being used, they're referring to the reasoning behind an action. We all see what people do, but to understand the intent behind the action, we'd have to either be mind-readers or know more of the story, etc. Saying that you're using "intent" and "intentions" to refer to what people are actually doing in the moment (i.e. I'm hitting my fingers against the plastic, I'm cutting this tree down) is just...I don't really understand why you would word it that way, to be honest. It seems a really round about way to address it. So, yes, I completely misunderstood what you were saying because I read "intent" to mean the reasons behind the actions themselves, not I'm intending to throw this rock at your head.
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