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"The birth of the universe resembled the birth of stories. If the universe really is multiple stories, then there must be countless beings like me outside of it."
"If so, there should be a spectrum," said Bouichirou confidently.
"A spectrum? What's that?" asked Akuto.
"It means they are divided into multiple levels. You could call it their story density. Think of them as having become stories to varying degrees."
"And we've done so to a much higher degree?"
"We know that the world is fictional. Doesn't that seem like a very high degree?'
Bouichirou's comment brought something to Akuto's mind.
The story of interference from outside the universe was centered on not perceiving the world as fictional. That was a story based on the assumption that one lived as only a single incarnation.
"I feel like I only came to understand myself once I saw the outside," agreed Akuto.
"But when you get down to it, even the extra-universal gods are fictional. They merely cannot distinguish between god, mankind, and ghost. Only once you inform the higher being and create an enclosure within a single universe can you make a clear distinction between the three. That allows you to understand who it is you are inside."
Akuto thought about Bouichirou's analysis.
"Okay. That means I need to think about how to respond to that higher being," said Akuto. "I don't just want to save the beings inside me. I want to save all the beings inside the Law of Identity's universe. I want to free them from the stories. That is my wish."
"If so, there should be a spectrum," said Bouichirou confidently.
"A spectrum? What's that?" asked Akuto.
"It means they are divided into multiple levels. You could call it their story density. Think of them as having become stories to varying degrees."
"And we've done so to a much higher degree?"
"We know that the world is fictional. Doesn't that seem like a very high degree?'
Bouichirou's comment brought something to Akuto's mind.
The story of interference from outside the universe was centered on not perceiving the world as fictional. That was a story based on the assumption that one lived as only a single incarnation.
"I feel like I only came to understand myself once I saw the outside," agreed Akuto.
"But when you get down to it, even the extra-universal gods are fictional. They merely cannot distinguish between god, mankind, and ghost. Only once you inform the higher being and create an enclosure within a single universe can you make a clear distinction between the three. That allows you to understand who it is you are inside."
Akuto thought about Bouichirou's analysis.
"Okay. That means I need to think about how to respond to that higher being," said Akuto. "I don't just want to save the beings inside me. I want to save all the beings inside the Law of Identity's universe. I want to free them from the stories. That is my wish."