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[Four months. January would mark her fourth month in this place and Arturia is very, very confused. This is a place where special abilities are not only accepted, but commonplace, and there's little chance of the Grail War coming here. She always hated keeping secrets back home, but had understood the why of it. It bothered her, but she had accepted this as a fact of life.

Even more than that, Shinji weighs on her mind. Shinji had been a jerk, there was no question about that. The girls who followed him around were the type of teenage girl who seemed to think that sort of person was a real man. Arturia knew better than that just from spending so much time with Sakura. The only reason Arturia had not tried beating him to a pulp for what he did to his sister had been due to Sakura asking her to leave him be and stay out of it. It angered her to just stand by and yet....

...yet when she gets back home, she has every intention of going to the Matou home and telling Sakura in person that her brother is dead. Arturia has no idea how to tell her and the thought of lying to Sakura and creating a cover story leaves her slightly ill whenever she thinks of it since, in the end, Arturia feels like she is the one responsible. Archer may have put the bullet through Shinji's brain, but he had been Arturia's Servant.

There had to have been an alternative. There had to be.

Once she figures out how to post anonymously on the Network, she does so.]

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When is it acceptable to kill someone?

For that matter, when would you say it is acceptable to keep secrets.?

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The person in question intended to kill a lot of people.

I don't know anymore. That's why I'm asking. [And she feels so strange about it, like she used to be so sure until now. The conflict feels strange to her. Foreign, almost.]

Intended?

Have you...already killed them?

Yes.

[No point in denying it. She thought people would have caught on from the get go when she asked a question like that, hence why she waited until she figured out how to post anonymously to ask it.]

Edited 2013-01-03 06:23 (UTC)

The problem is there are other circumstances involved where telling them the whole truth will put them in danger as well.

{ That significantly changes the game. Garnet thinks about her next words carefully. }

You should confess to the authorities - if any exist here. Depending on evidence, you might get a light sentence.

It happened back in my hometown. I was brought here before I could tell anyone. Otherwise I would have told his family first thing. Except I don't know how.

Edited 2013-01-03 06:28 (UTC)

Exactly.

That makes it...complicated. { On one hand, Garnet still thinks this person should own up to what they've done, but if it didn't occur here...

There's no proof any murder happened. }

There's nothing they can do to you here. If you truly killed him to save others then... You should forgive yourself.

If it's the first, then just do it if you think it's the right thing to do and don't worry about it. If it's the second then stop worrying about it because they're dead and agonizing over it won't do a damn thing.

It's not my own forgiveness that I want.

And what am I supposed to tell their family?

You don't have to tell them anything. They're not involved, so it doesn't matter.

Then what do you wish to gain?

Hiding someone else's secret isn't your responsibility. Or am I not analyzing the issue correctly?

That isn't your problem. Delivering messages probably isn't your duty in the first place.

If it is to protect somebody else or yourself.

...And if there is absolutely no other way than to kill them for the greater good.

Legally and morally, I find murder to be reprehensible. I believe that, under most circumstances, murderers should be punished for their actions. In an ideal world, murder should not exist.

However, I doubt that any of us comes from an ideal world. We come from worlds where there are people who are dangerous. Who hurt themselves, people, and the world around them. There are people who cannot be stopped or imprisoned--only put down, for the sake of protecting innocent lives.

On the subject of secrets, I believe it is acceptable to keep a secret when the truth would do more harm than good.

What's a life to you?

Does your world have many wars?

Metafalss is small and isolated, with few resources. Since the advancement of the Sea of Death and the Blastline, war has only been declared twice in modern history.

I can hardly imagine.

[ Mostly because he really can't. ]

Training, running my business, spending time with my friends, eating a meal, things like that.

But I'll have to see them every day. Do you honestly expect me to pretend their loved one isn't missing or like I know nothing?

I believe it's more I can't give out more information without compromising my anonymity.

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