#stewart

(SL) PURSUER: Safety, moderate.

This still life is very inconsistent, having four states it switches between at random. (So far there is no event recorded that triggers these states.) [ NEUTRAL STATE ]- This still life simply wanders around the complex with no goal in mind, genuinely doing NOTHING like a bum. You can approach Stewart in this state with no problem. The most it will do is touch you. [ HUNTING STATE ]- At random this still life will enter a sort of hunting mode, looking for something it can prey upon. If you are the first living thing Stewart sees, I wish you luck.

[ STALKING STATE ]- In this state this still life will stalk and stare at its prey from afar for a random amount of time, ranging from seconds to hours on end. While in this state Stewart shows little to no emotion if approached, acting almost like a statue only choosing to move when you're out of its line of sight.

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JOKE-OGRAPHY:

In this Bible story (Matthew 16:13-19), Jesus asks His disciples who people think He is. They share some rumors. When Jesus asks who THEY think He is, Simon pipes up and declares He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus commends Simon's faith, saying it does not come from earthly inspiration, but from God the Father. Then Jesus changes Simon's name to Peter (or "Rock"), and says He'll build His church (or "assembly") upon this rock. He tells Peter He'll give him the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and what he binds and looses on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven.

The "key to the kingdom" and the authority to bind and loose draws parallels to God's declaration in Isaiah 22:15-22, where He becomes angry with Shebna, the master (or minister, or steward) of King David's palace, who uses his position for personal gain instead of for the betterment of the kingdom he's supposed to help run as a helper to the king. As such, God says he's going to cast Shebna down and replace him with a man named Eliakim, who He will give the key to the kingdom, and what he opens, none shall shut, and what he shuts, none shall open.

Catholics read these two passages on the same Sunday because of the parallel between God giving Eliakim the key to King David's kingdom, and Jesus giving Peter the keys to the heavenly kingdom. Eliakim replaces a wicked elite who's lost sight of his purpose, and Jesus's new Church will replace the Jewish leaders who've lost sight of their God. Both Eliakim and Peter are given authority to bind (or shut) and loose (or open) in a way that's unique to their station. Eliakim is said to become "a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah," and in the same way, Catholics believe Peter becomes a father to the new Church as the first pope (which comes from a word for "father").

In this cartoon, Jesus recites His "keys to the kingdom" line from Matthew 16. The young apostle, John, notes that the scene is clearly a parallel to God's declaration in Isaiah 22, nudging the person next to him to share his insight. However, when he looks over, the Person he's nudging is Jesus, Who -- out of the whole group -- knows better than anyone the exact parallels He's calling upon. Jesus kindly tells John He's somewhat aware of His intentional reference. Meanwhile, Peter fixates on a typo in John's flood of words. Looking back, we see John said "Stewart" (which is a name) instead of "steward" (someone who manages something).

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