I believe people can still be saved if they lose themselves, yes. In fact, I believe I have seen such a thing happening once, to my commanding officer.
Captain Picard had lost his sense of individuality, his freedom, his rights. You could liken it to the loss of a soul. It was even worse than that, as he was no longer an independent being and even his intelligence and awareness had been suppressed in favor of a collective entity. For all intent and purpose, he had lost himself. I would not say he had become a monster, but he certainly was no longer human.
But we saved him and with our help he returned to his previous state. We had been told he was lost, but we took the risk to help not only because he was our commanding officer, but because we saw him as a friend. If anything, he grew stronger from the experience.
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I believe people can still be saved if they lose themselves, yes. In fact, I believe I have seen such a thing happening once, to my commanding officer.
Captain Picard had lost his sense of individuality, his freedom, his rights. You could liken it to the loss of a soul. It was even worse than that, as he was no longer an independent being and even his intelligence and awareness had been suppressed in favor of a collective entity. For all intent and purpose, he had lost himself. I would not say he had become a monster, but he certainly was no longer human.
But we saved him and with our help he returned to his previous state. We had been told he was lost, but we took the risk to help not only because he was our commanding officer, but because we saw him as a friend. If anything, he grew stronger from the experience.