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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]

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.