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[Oh look it's the guy who threw that New Years' Party. What insanity are they bringing this time...?]

Things are exciting here. More and more exciting. There is even a tournament! I have never participated in one before - it is a friendly contest thing, yes? I cannot wait to see how everyone performs. The aim is to win, so everyone will be fighting to the best of their ability, to beyond their very limits, otherwise the win is tainted, yes?

Yes.

You will all try very hard.

[Er, did their voice get a bit weird then? A bit deeper? Hm, oh, no, their voice is back to normal]

I hope so in any case. It will make this dull otherwise.

There is a question to be asked.

Hatred and Love is viewed in equal measure. Humans normally say love is worth more. In recent months, I have seen media that espouses that love will always succeed over hatred. Hatred is inferior. It sustains only the self, but it is like poison also. Pure intentions become twisted, revenge distorts the mind and morals, and eventually hatred destroys the individual...

I must admit, this confuses me. I have observed no such things in humanity before. Ah, the corruption, yes, but hatred has sustained and protected humans as much as it has poisoned them. It is usually love that brings about self-destruction, as they hold another's life higher than their own.

So, I have always viewed hatred and love being of equal measure. They are different, yet powerful in their own right. It is like that saying, what, pears and lemons? Apples and peaches? Whatever.

So my question is thus: what do you think is more powerful or more important? Hatred or Love?

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The mere existence of humans is reckless. That is how they achieve their miracles.

How can one advance without imagination? Without hatred and love, you will exist in a state of apathy and stagnation. Deciding under the influence of emotions can create new, higher paths for you.

Yes, I agree...

The media is confusing then. They say hatred will bring about your own demise, and love an extended life. Perhaps humans merely wish to be ignorant of reality.

People who wish for more will consort with evils that will make their head explode to summon daemons. That will be the downfall of humans, that wish for power they don't need.

They boil down to the same thing! You might as well ask what's more important, a goddess of light or a goddess of darkness! The answer's a goddess of nature, by the way

It's passion. Of all the species we made, humans are the only ones with the capacity for either, and so only humans mess up so catastrophically! Just as much tragedy has come out of love as hatred. It's passion without understanding or comprehension or wisdom or even the ability to not be a total nitwit.

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Human heads...will explode by...summoning demons...?

[Wow even Anant sounds weirded out]

[There's an annoyed noise - obviously stifled frustration.]

It is not an opinion, it is a simple truth.

It was certainly the downfall of our home planet for a time.

So, it is truth that it would be a tragedy if your mind was destroyed... and also truth that arrogance brought about the end of your world.

You truly are human-like...

I saw a human thirst for power and the giant creature he made the deal with exploded forth from his head. It's their method of being summoned, using human hosts, fooling them with offers of immortality and power.

[He has no idea what he's talking about. Except for the head exploding and daemon appearing.]

Yes! Yes yes yes!

[WHOA FRIGGIN' ONE EIGHTY IN MOOD AND WHOA WHAT'S UP WITH THEIR VOICE]

You understand! Passion of course gives birth to both hatred and love, so how can one be worth more than the other when it is born of the same thing?! I do not understand why one would place such values...

Humanity holds love higher than hatred, even though hatred is born from love and passion! Such as love is born from passion and hatred!

You always understand me~

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Oh. You are talking about Persona. Those are merely physical manifestations of a soul, representations of their inner psyche. They are not demons.

[At least, Anant hopes it was that. To be honest demons exploding out of heads sounds very disturbing]

I find them fascinating. Besides, thirst for power, gluttony and greed... those are the very basics of humanity. They would not be as brilliant as they were without that drive.

No, I mean a real creature. I was forced to kill it myself. After questioning, I learned that it was termed a Greater Daemon by humans.

Any resemblances to humans is purely coincidental, I assure you.

And the arrogance of a certain group brought it about for a time. Things got better.

Demons bursting out of heads...

[Paaaaaaause]

How... intriguing. Fascinating! How did it occur? Did the human have to sacrifice portions of itself to make room for the demon to reside? Or did it act as a conduit between dimensions?

Wow. Er.

Suddenly not sure whether I'm gonna take that as a good sign here. You doing OK there? Swallowed a voice synthesizer? Evolving into your next form?

[Well now, this is interesting. Just seeing Anant's reactions to this topic is something quite intriguing indeed, so Sam takes a while to reply to this, thinking of how to answer the question.]

Neither. They're both as powerful as each other, it just differs from person to person and how they decide to use them.

I am.

[Pause]

Joining of two halves. Briefly. That is all. Pay it. No mind. Influences. That is all.

Ooookay then. Gonna put on the blinders here and pretend I don't think anything's wrong. Can't go ruining a good plot hook before it even starts.

Anyway. I mean, just take me as an example. Do I hate humans because I love nature? Absolutely! And do I love nature because I hate humans? Yup - the more I invest myself in hating humans, the more I care about what I love and defend! If you think about it, you usually hate what you hate because it takes away from what you love, even if 'what you love' is usually just yourself.

They're both pointlessly foolish. One has you throw your life away for someone you care about, the other has you throwing it away for someone you despise. I'd rather not deal with either.

Incidentally, that was an... interesting vocal shift you took there. You wouldn't happen to be trying to INFLUENCE people, would you?

[Well...the last time he had spoken to Anant was only over text, but it was pretty obvious by the way he talked that this was the same guy.]

Uh...you mean apples and oranges?

Apples and oranges. Yes. That sounds correct.

We spoke before haven't we? Daichi Shijima?

Yeah, that's right--

Wait, how do you know my name? Did I tell you the last time we talked?

[Honestly all he remember was willpower and blah blah blah it was kind of like talking to saiduq]

[Anant utterly ignored the question - stalking no there was no stalking don't be silly~]

This is good. I enjoyed my discussion with you last time. Please excuse my subdued nature today. It is necessary.

So what are your thoughts on my question?

Influence? Why would I influence others when I require their opinion? That does not make sense.

[Anant's voice sounded thoroughly controlled right now]

It seems you are of the majority... many say that do not want to deal with either. Is it common for people to deny their emotions in such a way? I do not understand why they would willingly separate themselves from them...

Yes, yes! I agree!

[Pause. Cough.]

I agree. Hatred and Love are born from the same source, so to say that one is stronger than the other makes little sense. It depends upon the individual how damaging those emotions are.

Uh...I'm...glad?

[He's more distracted by the fact that someone sort of appreciated a philosophicalesque discussion with him than the fact that this guy mysteriously knew his name. Eh, he'll address that later.]

Uh-- I dunno, I'm not really good at questions like that. I've never thought about it before.

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