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AzelfWillpower t1_jebuykn wrote

Considering Pim told you the truth about the house and every rule, cut off his face instead of making you do it, and gave you more or less no consequences after you invited your rebel, rule-breaking sister into a house where you are specifically supposed to not break rules, I think he's a fairly decent guy. I'd probably be pretty pissed if I was in his position. You had one job. You literally saw her break the mask rule, after being told by the notes that a skinless man chases you if you don't wear a mask. I'm honestly surprised he didn't knock you out the moment he got you out of the bone closet. I think I would have.

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I do have to wonder what the OG caretaker meant by "every rule wrong". Most of the rules actually do protect you -- looking at the gardener is bad, walking without a mask on is bad, opening the first and third deliveries is bad. The "no pictures" and clock winding rules are kinda bogus since they just hide the illusion, but that's two out of eight.

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lets-split-up OP t1_jebz0ss wrote

My understanding of "every rule wrong" is that he meant "wrong" not in the sense of "incorrect" but in the sense of, "wrong by their very existence." Wrong like how the gardener is wrong. It just shouldn't be in our world, and is an abomination even if you never look at it. But I agree it is a confusing wording. I think he was simply trying to scare people away.

Also, I may not have written this clearly enough. My face still hurts and the painkillers probably affected my clarity in completing this. Especially since I started this post such a very, very long time ago (days for you, a century for me). Maybe I should have added an endnote or something, but I am both Pim Perrin and Sam Miller. I pulled my (younger) self out of the bone closet. 26 year old me started this account and 126 year old me finished it. My face hurts very much right now...

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AzelfWillpower t1_jec03rk wrote

I suspected as such, but I wasn’t completely sure. Still, there’s so much time between then (and old you and young you certainly act differently from one another), that you may as well be different people. Old you should have slapped young you for being a knucklehead.

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lets-split-up OP t1_jec16ry wrote

I suspect most people, if they met their younger selves, would give them a knock upside the head if they could...

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