... I'm fine. Maybe I feel like I should have been able to do more. Known what was coming and stopped Virid, somehow. At least just from what he did to Pikachu.
But... what's happened has happened, right? There isn't any going back to change it now.
[ haha ]
I guess I just don't really understand why you kept saying 'removed,' when it seems like the punishment was fairly straightforward in the end.
We weren't completely sure what it would be at first. "Removed" is how the Realm kept referring to what needed to happen. Then... up until that morning, we didn't think it'd be public either.
I see. It's hard trying to have to deal with things when you learn about them just a few hours ahead of time if even that, isn't it?
When you say removed... is it just from here? There isn't... anywhere else they go, right? Not as sacrifices to the Disturbance, or to some sort of afterlife, or... anything like that?
I- it wasn't an accusation, or anything! Just, you know, a just in case, maybe if you were being forced to keep quiet because of the rules, or something like that-
Because um, from where I am... even if we're collect Nova, that doesn't really solve the problem of the Nova being lost in the first place, right? So, maybe, I thought, because of the way Hajime-san... the Realm might have forced us to buy time by offering up something else instead?
[ listen she's aware of how it sounds even as she goes on. ]
That isn't- well, good, I think?! I mean, I don't think that isn't good, I meant that it's good we're not performing ritual sacrifice brought on by some twisted concept of equivalent exchange-
[ they're distressed, she's distressed and flustered, it's a good time, ]
Why wouldn't I? I'm responsible for you, even if I don't know you. And even if I wasn't, no one deserves to be sacrificed, not for any reason. There's got to be another way.
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But... what's happened has happened, right? There isn't any going back to change it now.
[ haha ]
I guess I just don't really understand why you kept saying 'removed,' when it seems like the punishment was fairly straightforward in the end.
[ and your sentence is: death! ]
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When you say removed... is it just from here? There isn't... anywhere else they go, right? Not as sacrifices to the Disturbance, or to some sort of afterlife, or... anything like that?
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[ but they don't get to linger on that because-- ]
What, no! They're not being sacrificed to the disturbance! That's-- we don't even know what that is exactly!
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Because um, from where I am... even if we're collect Nova, that doesn't really solve the problem of the Nova being lost in the first place, right? So, maybe, I thought, because of the way Hajime-san... the Realm might have forced us to buy time by offering up something else instead?
[ listen she's aware of how it sounds even as she goes on. ]
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We are not performing ritual sacrifice to appease-- whatever!!! No!!
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[ they're distressed, she's distressed and flustered, it's a good time, ]
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[ they take a breath to calm themselves down and grab her by the arms and just. very seriously: ]
I would never ... let any of you get sacrificed. Okay?
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[ oh well she sure is being held now. that stops her dead and has her freezing up, mouth closing as she stares back, wide-eyed.
after a moment she finds her voice again. ]
... How can you promise something like that? You don't know any of us. We've all... only just met.
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