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[bakegarasu]

[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.

Comments

[angryyoungvamp]

Having one ruler forever is a nice idea assuming you can get the perfect one. But there's no such thing as a perfect ruler, and the sort of person who wants to rule forever is almost never anyone who should be in charge at all.

Not the point. And it wasn't meant as an insult. I don't know about Johnny, but a reasonable meal for me is enough to make somebody woozy.

[bakegarasu]

He wasn't fit to raise a kid, let alone rule anything with any sort of concern for someone who wasn't him.

I ended up killing him for sort of related but not totally reasons.

[angryyoungvamp]

Yeah, see, that's more typical for the sort of guy who'd want to rule forever. [Maugris is gonna go ahead and assume if Otoha's saying this there's not much harm in agreeing.]

And that's pretty typical for how it ends, too, I'm fairly sure.

[bakegarasu]

That's how it usually goes, yeah. Though I don't want his position. Hopefully without him, the group will start to collapse.

[angryyoungvamp]

I didn't assume you did. If it's your job to guard the city, you want to try and get rid of someone using their power in ways that are bad for it.

And you don't seem like the type to use that as an excuse for a power grab.

[bakegarasu]

Yeah, no. I don't care about power. I wasn't raised to care about it anyway. I was raised to be a tool.

[... annoyed faaaaace.]

[angryyoungvamp]

That happens way too often. But once would be too often, really.

[bakegarasu]

Yes. It would be.