Comic #6408: story

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Here is the transcription of the text from the comic:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Wise master, is there a single human story that we emulate in all of our myths?"
• Character 2: "Yes my son, but it’s a shitty story."

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "Here it is: Things were one way, then they were another."
• Character 2: "It’s not very good. Not for humans. Humans can’t feel the story unless the details are filled in."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "So maybe you have an object that was taken and gotten back. You have a person who was kidnapped then recovered. You can describe someone’s hair or the emblems on a sword or the color of the ocean."
• Character 1: "Now the human can both imagine and remember it and therefore be moved by it."

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "This is why all those weird Jungian people write such shitty stories. They are approaching closely to the ultimate myth, and the ultimate myth is absolute balls."
• Character 1: "Ah."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "How would you write a better story?"
• Character 2: "Guns and titties, my son. Guns and titties."

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