126. [Video]

[yetsleeping]

[This evening, Priscilla is someplace... well, someplace different. No rooftop, this time, and not her plushy bedroom. Not the ruins that she's made her second home. No, it is the spartan living room of an apartment. Some may recognize it as the former home of the now missing Senji Kiyomasa. Others... well, they'll simply see the simplicity, the

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[video]

[isherarmor]

I'm not sure that there's true justice in my world. Or if there is, it's...

[A lie? Totally random? A little of both?]

[video]

[yetsleeping]

None? But why would you say that?

[video]

[isherarmor]

Maybe for some. Maybe eventually. I ...don't know. I thought that I did - I believed in it once, but it would be feeble of me to believe such things again.

[At home anyway. She's forming different opinions here.]

[video]

[sonvisage]

I'm not sure I have a suggestion. What would have once been a solution has become the very opposite for me.

But I am glad you're keeping the dog.

[video]

[yetsleeping]

What solution? Err, or. What non-solution?

...the dog has a long history. I will note, however, that it definitely does not eat. Not even if I put food right in front of it.

[video]

[sonvisage]

If they're not of any use, make them want to be. If they're in my way, crush them as I pass by.

[ Shrug. See? Not a solution. For her, anyway :l ]

I...

[...oh.]

...is his soul bound to that metal shell?

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[yetsleeping]

Mmm. That probably isn't much of a solution, no.

...I don't think he has a soul. Err, the dog.

[Voice] SHE HATES YOU, LELOUCH. ROFLMAO.

[yetsleeping]

[...yeah, it's going to take her a while to understand half your terminology - she's from a world without courts, or juries, or prosecutors, or representatives, or much of anything, really, aside from simple town-by-town rules, and the Organization whose word is unquestionable.]

[So she listens to this maybe three or four times, and tries to connect the dots in her head.]

[In the end, what she comes up with is this:]

I don't think it's appropriate to write laws, really. The city has rulers, and to assume they would only be offended if we created laws that are looser than theirs is... a rather large leap. If they have loose laws, I would assume it's because they want the laws loose. It may well be just as offensive to them to try to further restrict. I guess that might be difficult to understand for some, but speaking for myself, the idea of a list of laws dictating my behavior beyond... the basics of decency is...

[...]...if they existed, I would obey them without question. But it's a strange idea, to me

[Voice] sob his perspective just offends her on so many levels. >.< I'M SURE ITS MUTUAL ROFL

[yetsleeping]

Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not harm others unnecessarily. I've yet to see anyone disagree that these are the basics of decency. Even people who frequently go against them. That is what we already have, and it's all we'll ever get the majority of people to agree with.

As for our being separate... that attitude is an excellent way to start a war that no one can win. The native population can barely tolerate our presence as it is. And what does it matter whether we chose to be here? I didn't choose to be born into the town where my parents lived... but I don't think "I didn't agree to an anti-murder law or choose to be here" would have been a very good defense if I killed someone who lived there.

I'm asking the question because I do understand your point about that division, but at the same time, to suggest that we should allow people to murder and torture and openly flaunt it without action is... impractical. At best. I would like to think there is a middle ground to be reached. It's as simple as that. Simple, but not

[supercilious]

I should hope it's obvious that I find the work of the Patrol Unit admirable: there are monsters, and they must be kept from the city and the people who are unable to defend themselves. And you know you have my support

[yetsleeping]

I do think that's the problem, yes. I'm just not sure how to navigate it.

It's... I don't believe it makes much sense to create a government inside a government. It isn't just the Twins I would be concerned about - it's the Anatolians, too. There's no more effective way to tell them we don't care about their ways - that we do consider ourselves apart from them - than by creating our own systems that operate independently of theirs.

But at the same time, if we simply dissolve things and let people do what they will... it just. ...the Twins let three Abyssal Ones run rampant in the city. They let Bellatrix string people up for fun. Should we just sit by and let it happen?

Two years ago I would have said yes, actually. But now... I don't know that I have it in me to turn away.

[justicelobster]

In mine own world, the King is the absolute authority on justice. Below him are the Lords Paramount and below them are their vassal Lords. Oftimes they will hear a case, and judge it to the best of their abilities. Or at the very least that is supposed to be how the system works. Weaker lords may do otherwise.

[ As well as weaker kings. He pauses. ]

Trial by combat is also permitted, under the pretense that the victor is the Gods' [ or God's ] chosen. Though, as I am sure you can discern, it tends more towards which champion is more skilled in combat.

[yetsleeping]

That's very... hierarchical.

[She blinks.]

And I don't believe in gods. That's interesting reasoning, really.

[justicelobster]

Perhaps... Yet it is the law that we have been given. As such, it is the duty of those in power to be as just as they can, the King most of all. For it is that man who has the responsibility to ensure that his lords are true and just.

[ his voice is filled with resolve. ]

I do not particularly care for Gods, should they exist. Justice comes from men, be it by way of a proper trial, or the sword.

[yetsleeping]

For the most part, I would definitely agree with that. Although I'm not sure how I feel about kings.

How did your world decide who had that title?