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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

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

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?

[bakegarasu]

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.

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

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

[bakegarasu]

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.

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

I guess that counts as progress....

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

[bakegarasu]

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

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

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

[bakegarasu]

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

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

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.

[bakegarasu]

... So?

[Aaaaand we're back to the beginning.]

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

Ugh!

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

[bakegarasu]

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

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

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.

[bakegarasu]

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.]

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

You mean you don't get why people are upset when someone they know gets killed? Don't you have anyone you care about?

[bakegarasu]

I do. And I kind of understand why people get upset... but not totally.

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

[Okay, now she's just confused. It sounds like he already has an answer to the question he asked.]

What part do you not understand?

[bakegarasu]

Because it's just temporary. The emotions with it, I mean. Everything's so damn temporary.

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

So?

Just because something is temporary, that doesn't make any less real. Or any less important!

[bakegarasu]

Why? It doesn't matter in the end, in the long run.

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

It doesn't have to matter in the end if it matters now!

[bakegarasu]

Why?

[This is going in circles...]

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

[It really is. She's beginning to wonder if he's messing with her.]

Because whether something matters now or mattered before or will matter then...

The point is that it still matters.