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[i_love_squats]

[It’s Zack, of course it is. He looks strangely serious, strangely quiet, even as he rubs oils down into the rather significant sword laying across his lap. He’s talking, but not looking into the camera; maybe he’s afraid of what you might see there.]

I want to, too, you know. Go after the one who hurt Yachiru. Of course I do. Of course I want to

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[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

The punishments dealt by the Force are just.

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

It's not solving anything, though. [And he doesn't mean to snap; he's just... invested. Worried. Hurt.] It's only getting worse! And what happens when they come back?

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

If they choose to continue, they will be put down. [ Simple, isn't it? ]

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

So, in the meantime, other people -- innocent people-- are in danger while we just sit around, waiting for the same thing to happen again? Don't you think that when they come back, they're going to be more pissed? What about if someone not on the Patrol or the police force kills a killer? What then?

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

[ Oh, you're questioning him. He does not like people questioning him. ]

They, too, will face punishment. [ He won't bother to answer the rest. ]

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

[Sorry, sir. Zack's got no problem questioning authority figures now.]

[And that? What you just said? Scares the crap out of him. After all, Kunsel isn't on the Patrol or the Police, and he... he and Mal...Shit!]

But it's not solving anything! There has to be another way. Can't you see that?

[ voice ]

[knows_it_all]

Zack.

[ There's that rare warning tone you rarely hear from Kunsel. ]

Let it slide, man.

[ Because he knows what you're doing, and you need to keep out of it. It's his problem. ]

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

No. [Since when has he ever let anything slide? You know better.]

[ voice ]

[knows_it_all]

[ Just the sounds of the Forge running...for several moments. ]

[ And then the familiar and soft click of it turning off. ]

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

I see that it was a miscalculation to keep the Force's involvement minimal. [ These criminals should have feared his name from the very beginning. Well, he will have to change that. ]

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

So, what are you suggesting?

[Uh oh.]

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

It is as it sounds. I will remove every stain from this city.

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

I'll keep that in mind.

[ voice ]

[knows_it_all]

What kinda punishment we talking, chief?

[ voice ]

[i_love_squats]

Don't you have something else to do? Something far away and without your Forge? [Don't tempt fate, man. Don't tempt it.]

[ voice ]

[knows_it_all]

Mm...nope. Can't think of anything. Not a thing.