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[Otoha hasn't really noticed what's going on around the city. It's not like he's not usually honest about most things anyway. But tonight has him sitting on a rooftop, staring out at the city. He's asked this question before, in a different place, but he still wants answers. He's never found an answer that's satisfied him.]

Why do people think that killing people is wrong? Sometimes it's the fastest solution for a problem. Yeah, people will be sad, but they'll get over it. It's kind of a pain when people get so upset whenever it's brought up.

... Johnny, you're not allowed to answer. I know your answer.

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What kind of question is that?!? Of course it's wrong to kill people!

[This is a bit of a touchy subject with her after hearing how differently things went for her friends in other timelines.]

And it doesn't matter if that's the fastest solution, there's probably a better solution if you just stop to think about it.

Why?

... Not always. Diplomacy is usually just a token effort and ends with dead messengers. The world isn't as nice as people like to think it is.

You have to ask?!?

[Everyone's life is worth something. To Yuzu that's just common sense.]

And maybe diplomacy wouldn't end in so many dead messengers if people like you didn't kill them.

[She calms herself down and lets out a huffy sigh.]

You know what? The world isn't nice. Maybe it never was. But that doesn't mean the solution is to make things worse!

Yeah.

... No, someone else would kill them. Life expectancies aren't exactly super long in the yakuza, after all.

And I am making things better. I've got a new job at home, after all - it usually invovles cleaning up the scum and crime.

Whoever kills them, it's still wrong!

[Sigh...]

Have you even tried non-lethal solutions to your problems? Have you ever considered that just maybe killing people might cause more problems then it solves?

I was brought up to kill, not to make nice with people. I started holding a sword as soon as I physically could. So no, not really.

Well maybe you should start. Just because you were brought up to be violent doesn't mean you have to stay that way.

It's not that simple. Change doesn't happen overnight, or even over years.

... Though I guess I'm less likely to kill people than I was a few years ago.

I guess that counts as progress....

But you still shouldn't be killing people at all.

I haven't in a while. I still don't really see the problem, though.

The problem is that killing someone is something you can never take back. And it affects everyone that person knew.

You can't take back anything, though. Time doesn't work that way.

Yeah, but if you do something like bump into someone, you can apologize. If you break something, you can either fix it or replace it.

If you kill someone, they're dead. nothing you do or say will help.

... So?

[Aaaaand we're back to the beginning.]

Ugh!

Look, this isn't complicated. Killing people is wrong. It's common sense.

Why, and who says it's common sense? Maybe for where you grew up.

Um, it's common sense where a lot of people grew up, or you wouldn't be asking about it. You said people were getting upset about it.

Yeah, I just -

[He lets out a long sigh, running a hand through his hair.]

I just don't understand. And it sort of bothers me that I don't.

[Wait what.]