- 2nd Memory ✧ voice

[demonicbookworm]

<sub>[Ruca can't stop thinking about his conversation with Chitose. Even though the two do not agree with each other, they didn't argue and the conversation itself went pretty well.

Despite all of that, Chitose's words were what bothered Ruca so much.

There are people who fear us Avatars and we do not have a place to live.

Ruca sighs. Chitose is right. He knows she's right, yet he would rather never admit it. Not to her, nor to anyone. He wants to believe that something can be changed. He even has an idea what to do, but still...

Chitose didn't want to believe him. She told him she couldn't believe in such a hopeful world.

After a few moments of staring into nothingness, Ruca takes his SFC and says:]</sub>

A world where everyone are treated equally... A world without wars... Do you think such world could truly exist?

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[Voice] (it's okay)

[demonicbookworm]

_{[he's silent for a moment, before he answers.]}

...I just don't want to hurt anyone. I don't want to see anyone die. It's not okay for anyone to die.

[Voice]

[relinquishing]

[Well damn, if that doesn't sound really, really familiar.

Guy exhales deeply before he speaks again.]

Death is a part of life. As much as we want to avoid it, as much as it destroys countries and tears apart families -- [Whoops, taking a second to recover from that statement.] --sometimes it just has to happen. There's nothing wrong with death for the sake of defense. And hiding from it just makes you a target in the end.

[Voice]

[demonicbookworm]

I know about that. I've been on the battlefield. I know sometimes it's either kill or get killed.

_{[...No, no, no, no. He shouldn't be saying that.]}

...Aren't those only excuses though?... _[...] It... just isn't right to do something like that.

[Voice]

[relinquishing]

[The truth hurts, man.]

It's not an excuse if it has to be a necessity for life. Sometimes it's not worth trying to figure out whether it's right or wrong. Unless you're playing with the lives of innocent people, or the fates of entire nations. Then you'd better have a damn good reason.

[Voice]

[demonicbookworm]

<sub>[He would say something, but...

...he doesn't even know what to say. He wants to disagree. He wants to say that it isn't right no matter what, but... he does agree with everything the other said just now.

And so he doesn't say anything in the end.]</sub>