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[emet_sulk]

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[emet_sulk]

You choose when they live or die. Whether to drag out the pain or to end it swiftly. That would speak to your character.

But no, I would not accept a battle under ANY circumstances. A failure to find middle ground is a failure of rhetoric. Those who refuse to cede their position are not people to be lauded.

[ He says, knowing what a hypocrite it makes him. ]

[corpsewarblade]

A good soldier would end it quickly. Too great a chance of backfire if it's dragged out.

So you're saying you'd rather surrender than ever start a fight to begin with? I don't think war's something that can always be avoided.

[Choosing her words carefully- she didn't want to fall out with him.]

[emet_sulk]

Spoken like a mortal being. Why must it be so difficult to make you see how much better your lives could be without conflict or warfare?

This is not about whether one wins or loses. I have as little respect for one who repeatedly surrenders as I do for one who will not be moved. It takes a great deal of humility to acknowledge you may be in the wrong and to adjust your stance. From there, one may reach compromise.

[corpsewarblade]

[There was a long pause before she finally responded.]

To be honest I'm not very smart and my negotiation skills are totally terrible, so I'm not good at things like that- trying to talk my way out of conflict and stuff, I mean. I just argue and get mad and slap people if they piss me off.

But I've met people who, like, I guess they can't make sense of life without warfare. Or they feel it makes up a lot of who they are. But I guess they're just disappointing battle junkies in the end right? Seriously they can be the total worst.

I figure you can't stand people like that.

[Mukuro put her phone aside once she'd finished taking jabs at her actual self, staring out the window. She hadn't been expecting their talk to go this way but- well- Emet-Selch was right about her. It was a small relief that, as far as she was aware, he had no idea what sort of person she really was. After all, he'd hate her real self, wouldn't he?

...She couldn't let herself slip up.]

[emet_sulk]

[ He stares silently at the words on his screen, wondering how much of it is her speaking of herself in the third person. Far from hating her, all he feels is immense pity. From what that boy had told him, she has hardly had a chance to think for herself.

After a while, he replies. ]

A gun's sole purpose is to deliver death. It knows no other purpose, and it may be held by many hands or just the one in its life. I may hate the man or woman who wields it but I cannot feel anything except pity for a tool which knows no other life.

[corpsewarblade]

[Mukuro also took her time to reply, worried to look at the message on the screen.]

It's like you said though, all a weapon is good for is killing, right? Either it sits idle or its wielded by one hand or another, and then it kills.

[Her talent was her only redeeming feature, wasn't it? Without that, what was she good for?

A few moments pass and she hurriedly sent another message. The longer she kept this up, the more she kept digging into the well that was her lack of self-worth, the harder it was to keep it up.]

sorry I just wanted to check you were okay I didn't mean to drag all this weird crap up

[emet_sulk]

'Tis nothing I have not dealt with time and again over the centuries. You, on the other hand, seem to be struggling yet.

If you wish to talk then I have some time on hand.

[corpsewarblade]

Centuries? Wait then how old

[Mukuro you don't just ask someone that!]

I mean

Yeah you really don't have to answer that sorry I hit send instead of delete.

Thank you, though, it means a lot. I might have to take you up on that but it'll be easier in person and I. I think I just need some sleep more than anything else.

[emet_sulk]

[ It's okay, Mukuro, he gets that a lot when people find out he isn't actually 30-something-- ]

Then take your rest. Sleep is a wonderful way to pass the time.

And I am over fifteen thousand years old, if you must know.

[corpsewarblade]

15,000+???? No way!

[...Should she start calling him 'Grandpa' now?]

Uhh sorry that was rude. But. Wow. Okay.

...Yeah I'm gonna sleep before I say something else stupid.

[emet_sulk]

[ Call him 'grandpa', Mukuro, and he'll start calling you 'little girl'. ]

You are hardly the first mortal to react in that way.

But yes, I do suggest getting some rest. I'm sure you will feel better for it.

[corpsewarblade]

Alright. But if you've been having a rough time of things, get some rest too, okay?

Offer's still open if you need me to bring anything.

[emet_sulk]

I plan to.

[ He almost leaves it at that, but it's quite nice of her to even offer - out of the blue - to do something for him. So after a lengthy pause, he adds: ]

Thank you.