Answer a Question with a Question

[Mirrah]

What would you say if I said thee latter might very well happen? :o

[The Lady in Gray]

What if I said that I have heard it before and am not the least bit worried about it?

[Backdraft]

What if I said you should be?

[Mirrah]

Then again, what if she needn't be?

[Backdraft]

Are you implying she shouldn't be?

[The Lady in Gray]

If humans are such trivial, nasty things, why should I be worried that I might become part of a greater whole within my lifetime?

[Mirrah]

Aren't what ifs just so many suppositions?

[Backdraft]

If you're part of a greater whole, are you even you? Or just a cell in a larger organism—unimportant to the whole, but totally dependent on it for survival?

[Mirrah]

Wouldn't some prefer such an existence?

[Backdraft]

Why would they?

[Mirrah]

How would I know?

[The Lady in Gray]

Iunno. Shouldn't you tell me?

[Mirrah]

Isn't it obvious? :o

[Backdraft]

Why would it be?

[MajesticFrost]

What do you mean?

[Solera]

What were you saying again?

[The Lady in Gray]

Are these effectual questions?

[Backdraft]

Do they have to be?

[The Lady in Gray]

Why not?

[Backdraft]

What constitutes an effectual question?

[The Lady in Gray]

Maybe we should ask; what is not an effectual question?

[Backdraft]

But then where would the limits be set?

[The Lady in Gray]

Perhaps the boundary should be set at whether the question begs pondering rather than simple rhetoric?

[Mirrah]

Then again, is it such a bad thing to be a rebel? :P

[Backdraft]

Do you believe rebels are inherently bad?