Planescape: Torment Guide - Cheats

was happy to hear that and said that there were too many cobwebs and dustyminds.I asked wasn’t she a Dustman? She said she supposed and that she’d seenenough sand pass through the hourglass while wearing these robes. I asked ifshe was afraid of dying. She said that of course she was, who wasn’t? ExceptDustmen. She said they weren’t afraid because they’ve swallowed so much oftheir own absurdities over the decades that they think death is some kind ofrelease.I said it was a release, of a sort. She said if I thought it was a burden thenperhaps. She wasn’t convinced of that. I asked what had sparked this crisis offaith. She said that life had, she supposed. She demurred at boring me with thedetails. I said that I’d like to hear.She asked how old did I take her to be? I said old. She snorted and said shewas really old. She said she’d taught many of the Dustmen and had noquestions; no doubt that life was merely the antechamber that lead to the TrueDeath.I asked what happened. She said that half a month back she went sick with thefever. She thought it was the end and it rattled her cage. I asked how. She saidthat there’s something about having your faction members circle around yourdeathbed like a pack of ghouls agreeing that your suffering is all for the best.‘How fortunate is Sere for she shall soon be relieved of the burden of life.’ Thatwas when it struck her.I prompted her “That …” She said that there is something addled about notappreciating your life. The Dustmen keep saying the life is misery and suffering… is it? That we should be happy to pass into oblivion. Questions; questionsand precious few answers.©2000 All Rights Reserved