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[threwshade]

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[cuttingwords]

I--

That... might be true of my case too...

[BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE TO THINK OF IT THAT WAY!!]

[threwshade]

Oof. Well, that happens, but also you seem kinda like you're from a different time. It's especially stupid in mine.

[cuttingwords]

Yeah... I've definitely gotten the impression a lot of things are less strict in the future. Mostly in good ways, probably.

[threwshade]

Mm. Mostly, yeah. Everything's got its bad sides. The curses just keep getting stronger, for instance.

[cuttingwords]

Wouldn't that mean the world is getting worse?

[threwshade]

For me and mine, yeah. Well... and...

Yeah.

[cuttingwords]

Ah...

[glances over at him, then stares up at the ceiling]

I've been told my world got better after I was gone. But it took some crazy stuff and a bunch of people died to achieve it. Still... they pulled it off. I'm sure if you don't back down and stick to what you believe in, you can do it too.

[threwshade]

...Thanks, Elliot. I will.

[cuttingwords]

Obviously. Just try to live long enough to see the results.

[threwshade]

I'll give it my all.

[cuttingwords]

Good. Anything less is shameful.

[HUFF!!

...now that he's been a nice boy he has no idea how to proceed...]

[threwshade]

You put a lot of stock in, like... honor and stuff, yeah?

[cuttingwords]

Obviously. There's no point in a life lived without integrity.

[threwshade]

Hmm. I wouldn't go that far, but it is pretty cool.

[cuttingwords]

Ah--

[here he is blushing again--]

Being cool is a bonus... But it's not really the point.

[threwshade]

[lifts a bunny into his arms, sitting up.]

It's like you said before. Dealing with Rabbit Escape would piss you off, right? I've got some of the more straightforward abilities I know, but it's still not suited to fair play.

[cuttingwords]

Mm... It'd piss me off cause it'd work, is all. Having integrity doesn't necessarily mean you can only fight one way.

[threwshade]

...Mm. Being fair against curses would just get us killed, anyway.

[more than it already does]

[cuttingwords]

That's my point. If you stick to a straight-forward strategy you know will get you killed and then pat yourself on the back for being willing to die, you're not cool or brave at all. That's just selfish arrogance.

[threwshade]

Is suicide arrogance?

[cuttingwords]

[flinches very visibly]

...Yeah. Dying on purpose or sacrificing yourself only satisfies your enemies and your own ego. If you won't live with your burdens, you're just handing them off to the people who love you.

Although... sometimes there really isn't another option... B-But even then, there's a difference between having no choice but to die, and not caring if you die.

[threwshade]

... Even so, arrogance feels like something different, to me.

You had to?

[cuttingwords]

It's deciding that you know their feelings better than they do. Or that feeling like a hero is more important than the pain you leave behind you. That's... the worst kind of arrogance there is. There's nothing I hate more than someone who self-righteously hurts their own loved ones that way.

[He would much rather talk about his dumb ideals than about the exact circumstances of his own death, actually. He says it doesn't bother him to talk about but, y'know. He's stubborn. Which is why he's currently actively yelling at his own brain not to start any of the weak emotional bullcrap.]

As for myself... I did. And it hurt those people exactly as badly as I knew it would.

[threwshade]

I'm still alive, so I'm in no position to argue with the results you've seen yourself.

But I do think your read requires a lot more pride than most people have.

We can drop it, though.

[cuttingwords]

...Fine, then.

[He doesn't like giving up on an argument, but he's also feeling his hands start to shake and he doesn't know Megumi well enough to feel safe being messed up in his presence.

Honestly he'd excuse himself but he physically cannot, so instead he's just going to roll over and put his face in the blankets.]