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[bakegarasu]

[Yeah, it's dark and late. So what? Otoha is standing on top of a roof, letting the camera pan around to take in the city.]

[He doesn't turn the camera towards himself, just faces it towards the coral, glowing softly, before he speaks.]

People can get brought back here. Death doesn't really mean anything, then.

Even at home, though… death wasn't really something that people like me were supposed to fear. Killing didn't really mean anything but the removal of a problem.

[He's quiet for a moment.]

Why do people get so upset about killing or murder? I've never understood it.

[There's another pause, like he's going to say something else, before he shuts off the feed.]

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[bakegarasu]

... I'm working on that.

[He doesn't betray other people, but... breaking away from how he was raised is hard.]

[closedcircuit]

It can be hard to trust people --

[Ky supposes, although it's always seemed rather easy to him.]

-- but it's harder still to go through life not letting yourself believe in anyone else.

[bakegarasu]

... You might have a point there.

[Dammit Ky why are you depressing him. :T]

[closedcircuit]

[No, no, this is optimism!]

You wouldn't go through a battle with no one to protect your back -- maybe an individual fight, but not a battle -- and with life it's even more important.

[bakegarasu]

[Well. He would, but.]

It's the problem of trusting someone enough to not backstab you that's the issue here, though.

[... He does trust Johnny that much, though. Otoha looks away.]

[closedcircuit]

It's not that hard. Better to give them the benefit of the doubt than not to let them help.

[bakegarasu]

... I guess.

[This is confusing and difficult. Hnngh... he's not used to thinking this much or dealing with feelings.]

[closedcircuit]

[You don't need to deal with feelings to trust people.]

It doesn't matter if it's weird or hard in the beginning, as long as it works out in the end.