The idea was theologically unsound, of course, from Stephen's perspective. No matter; just as he divided incompatible parts of his life from one another mentally, so too did he keep separate the faith in which he had been raised (which he could admit to be irrational in some respects) from the concepts and beings he encountered at Hogwarts, not even attempting to fit one into the other. So he did not quibble with the Discworld's notion of afterlife, or ask about Blind Io and his compatriots. Nor did he believe Susan to be deluded or mad. He only nodded.
"You do not wish Mr Teatime to make the choice for you," he said. He did not only mean the possibility that Teatime might kill Susan before she could choose immortality. He also meant the possibility that Susan might choose an immortality she did not want in order to escape Teatime.
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Date: 2006-11-08 06:47 am (UTC)"You do not wish Mr Teatime to make the choice for you," he said. He did not only mean the possibility that Teatime might kill Susan before she could choose immortality. He also meant the possibility that Susan might choose an immortality she did not want in order to escape Teatime.