126. [Video]
[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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[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 ( ... )
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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
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You can't simply appear in someone else's home and do whatever you like. And if you try to, they're likely to toss you out regardless of how you got there. If that happens then what? There's nowhere else to go. So what then? Do we live in the mist and slowly go mad or do we fight to stay here? That's where the war begins. There's no way around that.
And don't tell me you refuse to simplify things and then say "either there's a justice system or there isn't." Going on and on about fairness and social... contracts is all very nice. But if we let people run rampant without acting that will get us thrown out, too and that puts us in exactly the same place!
[She huffs a bit and pauses. When she speaks again, she ( ... )
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That is my point. I don't know what would happen for sure, but I do know that the Anatolians barely tolerate us and that the Twins seem to think of this as a game, and that game operates under their rules. I know all of that... and I know they don't issue warnings. They simply let it go until they don't.
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If you want to know the truth about my belief when it comes to the police division and why it hasn't offended people... I believe it's because the division is essentially unofficial. We've had cases of murders and violence and kidnappings that were solved through... well. Vigilante means. A single person killed Malfatto, or acted against Bellatrix. These things ( ... )
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I think that might be feasible. It might be difficult to get in contact with them... but they do have servants inside their manor that might be able to carry a message to them.
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[Should she say it? It's not really relevant. She rubs her face.]
...if you're interested in civil discussion with people who disagree with you... perhaps you shouldn't make a habit of publicly insulting them and their decisions. Or insulting the community's systems. Or publicly commenting about how unwisely chosen the community's leaders have been. Or... saying that they came to their roles simply through... seniority and physical power! Especially not if you intend to then go ahead and talk to those leaders as though nothing happened. As though you haven't been insulting their life's work, publicly, openly, without even bothering to come to them with your concerns first.
It's insulting. It doesn't make them especially interested in reaching out to you or hearing your ideas and two years ago, I wouldn't have bothered having this conversation to begin with.
Fortunately, I've grown a lot since then. So I know that personal things don't matter, here. And that there are more important things than... my injured pride.
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