[ But whee, here are the shadows! Welcome to the lair of an unusually powerful sorcerer.
Sorcerers exist to protect non-sorcerers. That is the mantra that you live by, and that is what carries you through all your missions. The steady maintenance of Tengen-sama is critical to the stability of Japan.
But Satoru had said no unwilling sacrifices, and despite your morality and big talk, you always put your family first. And now, that includes Riko. You've only known her for a scant couple of days, but you've both decided that you won't be her executioners. You'll find another way, because you're the strongest, and you always do.
[ wanting to protect others is something she understands. the strong should protect the weak is a conviction that robin holds even if she knows that's not how the world operates. she can see how much geto cares, even if it's only for a select few, in these few moments.
the shot stuns her, the sound all too familiar. her eyes are wide when the memory ends. ]
Of course I do. She was just a kid, and she shouldn't have had to grow up knowing that she'd be nothing but a sacrifice.
And she shouldn't have died when she decided that's not the life she wanted. [ ... ] But that's how it is. We have to make sacrifices in the interest of the greater good.
I don't agree with that, but I know the world isn't fair. There is suffering that will spawn simply because of how society is, but that's not something I would settle for.
[ she didn't get shot in the throat to simply accept that. ]
Are you trying to make peace with those sacrifices?
Well, cursed spirits don't only exist in Japan, it's just where they're most common. We lose thousands of people to curses a year.
And I'm not sure why... They don't teach us that as much as how to kill them. [ low-key bitter ] I don't think anyone is really thinking about how to treat the problem of curses in the long-term, so no one really investigates these things.
Exactly. She had to be sacrificed because we needed a new vessel for one of our most powerful sorcerers, in order to maintain a baseline defense against curses.
Sorcerers die fighting curses all the time, and even with all our efforts, so many non-sorcerers die every year.
There are humans who don't produce any cursed energy so... I don't know why getting rid of it would cause any damage.
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Fame is not what I wished for. It is a means. I am grateful for what I have.
[ but it's not as if she can look at the paparazzi as kindly as she can everything else. ]
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Can you still sing?
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The surgery was successful. I can sing as I always have.
[ WHERE IS MY MEMORY SPOON ]
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[ But whee, here are the shadows! Welcome to the lair of an unusually powerful sorcerer.
But Satoru had said no unwilling sacrifices, and despite your morality and big talk, you always put your family first. And now, that includes Riko. You've only known her for a scant couple of days, but you've both decided that you won't be her executioners. You'll find another way, because you're the strongest, and you always do.
That's what you expect when you hold your hand out to hers. ]
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the shot stuns her, the sound all too familiar. her eyes are wide when the memory ends. ]
Why...?
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You must be familiar with people being sacrificed for another's gain.
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... It is not something I can agree with, no matter how often I see it. What happened next?
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[ WE HATE TOJI!! But there isn't much heat in his voice, just resignation. ]
Satoru killed him later on though, so she was avenged, at the very least.
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Do you hold regret over what happened?
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That she was killed? Of course.
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.... That you couldn't protect her, that she couldn't live the life she wanted.
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Of course I do. She was just a kid, and she shouldn't have had to grow up knowing that she'd be nothing but a sacrifice.
And she shouldn't have died when she decided that's not the life she wanted. [ ... ] But that's how it is. We have to make sacrifices in the interest of the greater good.
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[ she didn't get shot in the throat to simply accept that. ]
Are you trying to make peace with those sacrifices?
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[ Sighs, rubbing his neck. ]
It's why I've been considering making use of that wish.
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What would you wish for?
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Would you use it?
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[ she would like more information before making this decision, however hypothetical. ]
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Not that I'm aware of. Cursed spirits are only common in Japan, anyway... Or so we're told.
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[ she doesn't know japan, but she gets that's not his entire world from context. ]
What would have made it only happen where you are? Negative emotions are prevalent everywhere.
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Well, cursed spirits don't only exist in Japan, it's just where they're most common. We lose thousands of people to curses a year.
And I'm not sure why... They don't teach us that as much as how to kill them. [ low-key bitter ] I don't think anyone is really thinking about how to treat the problem of curses in the long-term, so no one really investigates these things.
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If you don't treat the source, isn't what you're doing in killing the curses putting a bandage over the open wound you have?
I understand that there is no end to negative emotions, but... it sounds like there could be a better way.
[ especially if innocent girls are sacrificed for one reason or another. ]
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Exactly. She had to be sacrificed because we needed a new vessel for one of our most powerful sorcerers, in order to maintain a baseline defense against curses.
Sorcerers die fighting curses all the time, and even with all our efforts, so many non-sorcerers die every year.
There are humans who don't produce any cursed energy so... I don't know why getting rid of it would cause any damage.
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