...We were in an arena, fighting other people to survive, but at the same time, for everyone's entertainment. [...] We were fighting...each other. People we knew, but also...the others from here.
...Yes. It was Vin, Ryunosuke, and I against Garou, Marceline, and Kumon. And then, we were taken to a place and made to fight one on one. I...faced Kumon.
Emet-Selch, I saw Kumon kill two people that I knew before that. Because that wretched place also decided to...put people from our worlds, our lives, into that place.
Yes. I am certain. We were all made to fight whoever was there, Emet-Selch. And some of those people we didn't know turned out to be people others knew. Kumon said that I killed...I killed his brother. I didn't even know.
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Whatever. Regardless, thinking about it...I don't think those people were real. The only "real" people were us six. For example, earlier, we had seen Chinatsu in a cage, and yet here she is, and she doesn't recall a thing. That place played tricks with our mind.
Unfortunately...yes. I can't argue with that. Human beings are...those who can commit the worst crimes, but also do the kindest deeds. Everyone has that capability, even those who seek to be good and repent their sins.
[There's something that....seems to shut down in her eyes, like a shade being pulled over a window.]
Perhaps you'd say something like..."humans are wont to try". [...] God is forgiving. Some people believe in that, in seeking divine judgement, and divine absolution. But sometimes even that's not enough. Still, one has to go on, sins or not.
[hm. he watches her face, there, quiet a few moments.]
I have read some of your religious traditions, but I do not understand the focus on these gods of yours. One ought to focus on what they have done for the world during their life, rather than on what comes after, or whether such a figure shall offer them forgiveness.
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[nothing on this level.]
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[Something settles in her face, a little dark.]
...We were in an arena, fighting other people to survive, but at the same time, for everyone's entertainment. [...] We were fighting...each other. People we knew, but also...the others from here.
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[it's a horrifying situation either way, but-- if it truly pit them against each other, that's far worse.]
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[She...noticeably falls silent at that.]
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[just. from what he's seen.]
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Emet-Selch, I saw Kumon kill two people that I knew before that. Because that wretched place also decided to...put people from our worlds, our lives, into that place.
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[genuinely: what the fuck is wrong with humans.]
Were those people truly present, for that matter-- is this something we also need be concerned with?
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[..............]
Whatever. Regardless, thinking about it...I don't think those people were real. The only "real" people were us six. For example, earlier, we had seen Chinatsu in a cage, and yet here she is, and she doesn't recall a thing. That place played tricks with our mind.
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[he exhales slowly, shakes his head.]
I suppose all humans truly may have it within them, when they find a need for it.
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Unfortunately...yes. I can't argue with that. Human beings are...those who can commit the worst crimes, but also do the kindest deeds. Everyone has that capability, even those who seek to be good and repent their sins.
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[There's something that....seems to shut down in her eyes, like a shade being pulled over a window.]
Perhaps you'd say something like..."humans are wont to try". [...] God is forgiving. Some people believe in that, in seeking divine judgement, and divine absolution. But sometimes even that's not enough. Still, one has to go on, sins or not.
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I have read some of your religious traditions, but I do not understand the focus on these gods of yours. One ought to focus on what they have done for the world during their life, rather than on what comes after, or whether such a figure shall offer them forgiveness.
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Do you have any regrets, Emet-Selch?
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[She's sincere about that.]
But let me tell you...try not to do anything you regret. It eats you from the inside. And I wouldn't wish that on anyone.