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Originally Posted by pitbulllady
BUT, Wilt specifies that he did not lose his creator "spatially", so much as "figuratively". He had known all along WHERE Jordan was, as in his location, but felt that the emotional bond between them had been severed, permanently, by his losing the game by forfeiting that one deciding point. He would have felt that there was no point in trying to go home, since he believed he would not have been welcome any longer. Wilt's definition of "lost" is a much more abstract concept than merely misplacing something/someone or being physically separated from them.
pitbulllady
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It really did NOT make much sense when he said that, though. "Figurative" probably doesn't give us much hinting to what he truly meant by losing Jordan, and gave us a word that we'd have to decipher. Even though his definition of "lost" has more to it than in a dictionary, he didn't really get to hint us just WHAT "figurative" was supposed to mean and, if not telling us, WHY he described it like that. Unless you people got it.
Being lost for 30 years is a really long time, if you really think about it. 30 years of self-loathing, convinced that it was HIS fault for "losing" his creator, convinced he had failed Jordan, when after hearing his creator's words, realised he had thought of it the wrong way.
If Wilt didn't do what he did 31 years back, Wilt would still loathe himself, for his creator would end up crippled for life, or possibly dead.