No, I'm not angry. [ again. really hard to make him mad. ] But I find that today's case - with Argalia, at least - is more along the lines of what I'm used to. More of what I was expecting, from the beginning of all of this.
[ instead of mika's case, which was a tragedy from top to bottom. expecting the worst means sometimes... you are correct, every now and then, and the worst comes to light. ]
But I'm relieved, in a sense, that we were able to come to the truth. [ a pause. ] What about you?
I don't, either. [ honestly: far be it from temenos to ever do the same. ] And perhaps it's better that way, that we don't.
...But, I don't believe there's anything that you could have done - you, or I, or anyone - that would have made him feel that way. [ regret. suffering. ] When someone has already lost everything, there is little you can take from them, any longer. In a sense, that is cruelty in and of itself.
[ and even with that outburst, he doesn't change an inch - just calm as ever. ]
There is no why to it, either. The more understanding we try to apply to people like Argalia, the more we drive ourselves in circles around the main point: that it is just for the sake of cruelty, and cruelty alone. I've no interest in prescribing sympathy to someone like that.
The only person who can give forgiveness, or gain repentance, is themselves. Not the gods. Not myself. The actions that someone takes are theirs, and theirs alone.
You're not going to be able to do that, unless you're the one chosen tomorrow.
[ you talk a big game hanako! he will burst that bubble as usual because he is a professional bubble burster.
but, who knows. it might be him. it might not? it might be cathartic. and ultimately, he finally glances back. ]
What you choose to do in that situation, if you're in the ring as I was, is up to you. And I doubt many would hold it against you, if you did. [ a slight pause. he thinks about the very end of the trial, about the quiet, frustrated look on nimona's face. ] But some might.
Just remember that if you end up in that arena, your actions, and his, are a public spectacle.
[ The city knows his murder vibes too well by now and has decided he doesn't get to play executioner, actually,
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I don't care what the general public thinks about me. But my team, my... [ ?? friends?? he doesn't have friends ] ...Nimona... It's like having a family member who's dangerous and violent and you want to hate him but he's still family. I wonder if that's how it feels for Tiger's team right now.
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No, I'm not angry. [ again. really hard to make him mad. ] But I find that today's case - with Argalia, at least - is more along the lines of what I'm used to. More of what I was expecting, from the beginning of all of this.
[ instead of mika's case, which was a tragedy from top to bottom. expecting the worst means sometimes... you are correct, every now and then, and the worst comes to light. ]
But I'm relieved, in a sense, that we were able to come to the truth. [ a pause. ] What about you?
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I don't understand people like him, who kill people for the fun of it. [ at least Hanako has a reason to /knifeemoji at people ]
The truth isn't enough. I want him to regret what he did. I want him to suffer for it.
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I don't, either. [ honestly: far be it from temenos to ever do the same. ] And perhaps it's better that way, that we don't.
...But, I don't believe there's anything that you could have done - you, or I, or anyone - that would have made him feel that way. [ regret. suffering. ] When someone has already lost everything, there is little you can take from them, any longer. In a sense, that is cruelty in and of itself.
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[ don't talk to him about having lost everything. even he...
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...that's not good enough. Why does he have to take from everybody else...?
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[ and even with that outburst, he doesn't change an inch - just calm as ever. ]
There is no why to it, either. The more understanding we try to apply to people like Argalia, the more we drive ourselves in circles around the main point: that it is just for the sake of cruelty, and cruelty alone. I've no interest in prescribing sympathy to someone like that.
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...I thought priests were all about forgiveness.
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The only person who can give forgiveness, or gain repentance, is themselves. Not the gods. Not myself. The actions that someone takes are theirs, and theirs alone.
[ sometimes you are like the worst cleric ever ]
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Then, you're not against him suffering? Like if I stab him a couple dozen times?
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[ you talk a big game hanako! he will burst that bubble as usual because he is a professional bubble burster.
but, who knows. it might be him. it might not? it might be cathartic. and ultimately, he finally glances back. ]
What you choose to do in that situation, if you're in the ring as I was, is up to you. And I doubt many would hold it against you, if you did. [ a slight pause. he thinks about the very end of the trial, about the quiet, frustrated look on nimona's face. ] But some might.
Just remember that if you end up in that arena, your actions, and his, are a public spectacle.
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... ]
I don't care what the general public thinks about me. But my team, my... [ ?? friends?? he doesn't have friends ] ...Nimona... It's like having a family member who's dangerous and violent and you want to hate him but he's still family. I wonder if that's how it feels for Tiger's team right now.