The right thing does not always make us feel righteous. We're still killing and cycling malice. Its a paradox. To stamp out evil means to sometimes twist what is normally 'good'.
[ Rung says slowly and sighs. ]
They will leave you empty when the moment passes, but it does not always mean you were wrong to do it. The adrenaline of the kill is over, its a crash of emotions. Sometimes you will be numb, sometimes you will cry.
Though you must never forget your enemy is as multi factual as yourself. When you forget your enemy is a person... any one can be an enemy. because all it takes is to remove personhood from evil.
Some are irredeemable evils.... but there is still a person behind the action.
[ Rung smiles solemnly ]
I'm proud of you Riptide. Never forget that, I may speak in a way that pushes against your learned ways.. but I'm still proud of you.
They aren't people, they're slavers. I'm not even close to upset about killing them. To be honest, I'm annoyed it didn't make me feel better. Do I need to kill more? I feel like the answer here is I need to kill more.
Yes? Yeah, actually, that's exactly what makes them deserving to die.
[this, weirdly, is helping. maybe what he wanted was an argument about it. maybe he wanted someone to dislike him about it, but he knows specifically rung won't be that person.]
I'm going to forget it. They're barbaric, Rung. I really do think the best thing here is for me to kill more.
...
But I will have a break first. Maybe reflect on our... tactics or whatever.
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Date: 2023-03-25 03:36 pm (UTC)[ Rung says slowly and sighs. ]
They will leave you empty when the moment passes, but it does not always mean you were wrong to do it. The adrenaline of the kill is over, its a crash of emotions. Sometimes you will be numb, sometimes you will cry.
Though you must never forget your enemy is as multi factual as yourself. When you forget your enemy is a person... any one can be an enemy. because all it takes is to remove personhood from evil.
Some are irredeemable evils.... but there is still a person behind the action.
[ Rung smiles solemnly ]
I'm proud of you Riptide. Never forget that, I may speak in a way that pushes against your learned ways.. but I'm still proud of you.
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Date: 2023-03-25 03:50 pm (UTC)They aren't people, they're slavers. I'm not even close to upset about killing them. To be honest, I'm annoyed it didn't make me feel better. Do I need to kill more? I feel like the answer here is I need to kill more.
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Date: 2023-03-25 04:02 pm (UTC)And what right do you have to remove their personhood? Because they remove it from others?
I won't stop you from killing them, but I won't let you forget that.
[ Rung straights his back. ]
I'm sorry. I really am. I don't have perfect answers, I don't have perfect solutions... I wish I knew what was right...
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Date: 2023-03-25 07:14 pm (UTC)[this, weirdly, is helping. maybe what he wanted was an argument about it. maybe he wanted someone to dislike him about it, but he knows specifically rung won't be that person.]
I'm going to forget it. They're barbaric, Rung. I really do think the best thing here is for me to kill more.
...
But I will have a break first. Maybe reflect on our... tactics or whatever.
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Date: 2023-03-25 07:31 pm (UTC)[ He shakes his head. ]
If you take one thing from this session, its to decide if you really want to cross this line. I will be here... I will still be here.
[ He wonders if he has any right to judge Riptide. Its easy to say and see when one is on the outside...
He just hopes Riptide doesn't act irrationally. Regret something in the end.
He had points. But so did Rung. ]