He laughs, and it's a little croaky from the alcohol, but it's just as wry and humorless as intended.]
Oh. Good luck.
[How does he tell this old sword man that he can't even (let himself) trust his adoptive father-mentor without saying that? There is absolutely no hope for him in the trust department.]
What, you think because we have automated fast food and cell phones, we don’t shit all over each other for our own gain when we can?
Especially in the modern era.
[He doesn’t look at Mikazuki about the last bit because he hates being like “yeah, woohoo, I’m such a strong survivor! thanks for the trauma!” In an annoying turn of events, he also hates when people tell him sorry. He should PICK one.
[sweats, looking at gotham and then at the camera]
Pfft. Ha. You're funny, you know. More rules just means more rules to break. Criminals don't care about rules. They're already not playing by any rules. Not really.
And the rule keepers? The police. [He says, talking to a sort of history police.] Most of them are corrupt, so laws don't matter.
[mikazuki frowns at that then, taking another sip of his sake]
How unfortunate. Even if such things are common throughout history, I had hoped that it would not be rampant... Is that type of society common everywhere in your world? Or is it hard for you to leave it?
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He laughs, and it's a little croaky from the alcohol, but it's just as wry and humorless as intended.]
Oh. Good luck.
[How does he tell this old sword man that he can't even (let himself) trust his adoptive father-mentor without saying that? There is absolutely no hope for him in the trust department.]
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[he will take it. also you're canon familiar and know jiji is a terrible person to trust but it's fine,]
Have you always been accustomed to having faith in only your own self?
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Thank god Jiji is untrustworthy.]
Yep. Ever since I was a kid. No one really gives a shit about you most of the time. If you can’t depend on yourself, you’ll never make it.
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but mikazuki looks thoughtful at that]
Even in the more modern era? How difficult. You must be awfully strong, then.
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Especially in the modern era.
[He doesn’t look at Mikazuki about the last bit because he hates being like “yeah, woohoo, I’m such a strong survivor! thanks for the trauma!” In an annoying turn of events, he also hates when people tell him sorry. He should PICK one.
Instead, he will pour them some more.]
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[like you have rules such as Don't Kill People or Don't Use a Sword]
Are they so terribly ineffective?
[tokyo seems much less chaotic but jiji doesn't know what a gotham is]
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Pfft. Ha. You're funny, you know. More rules just means more rules to break. Criminals don't care about rules. They're already not playing by any rules. Not really.
And the rule keepers? The police. [He says, talking to a sort of history police.] Most of them are corrupt, so laws don't matter.
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[mikazuki frowns at that then, taking another sip of his sake]
How unfortunate. Even if such things are common throughout history, I had hoped that it would not be rampant... Is that type of society common everywhere in your world? Or is it hard for you to leave it?
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It has a bad habit of keeping a hold of you.
[So yeah.]
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[what is this hold, exactly?]
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Occupation... Outlaw?
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Well, um.]
Yeah, something... like that. I guess. It sounds worse than it is, I swear.
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