Corrupted souls. [kind of corrective and... matter-of-fact, like saying it is going to make things better] On the path to turning evil, as I understand it, and if we left them in their bodies they'll just get more powerful. Better in some weapon's gut lending him power than getting disposed without being of use.
--So, that's five percent of the souls you need to consume to become a death scythe right there. [pointing at the screen] Maybe you can try seasoning each with different flavors to see what works best. [Yeah he's seriously suggesting sprinkling salt and pepper over yours.]
Hey, I'm not saying we should leave 'em to run rampant on the streets or anything. Just keeping all eyes on getting more powerful and not bothering with the rest--seems kinda messed up, doesn't it?
[He takes a drag on his smoke. He's thinking about all the trouble Al went through not to kill the kishin eggs, but instead just to incapacitate them and knock them out. Sure, maybe others came along and finished the job off later, but it still feels wrong somehow to just eat these as though everything's copacetic when it's not.]
I guess if I'm gonna do it though there's no reason not to get creative though, yeah? Maybe some melted cheese. Or some lemon zest. Or hot sauce--man, I love me some good hot sauce. [Ironically, that part about seasoning is the bit he's taking most seriously.]
The rest? [He feels like he's missing something here.] You mean issues of morality? But these kishin aren't exactly human anymore... You fought them in Norad, right? It doesn't seem like there's any alternative other than having them with your hot sauce.
Yeah--anymore. But that's kinda the thing, you know.
Look at it this way: I come from a place where doctors grab kids off the street, tack on a load of animal features, and then sell 'em to the highest bidder, yeah? All those mutants and demi-humans, they're not exactly human anymore either. But they still were, yeah?
Maybe I'm just not the kinda guy who stays backed into a corner because there aren't a lot of alternatives around.
[Kurapika frowns in contemplation - he hopes that he's not coming off as being insensitive to acts of barbarism, but he comes from a place where people people dig out human eyes and sell them to the highest bidder as living room ornaments, so the story is not exactly a big deal to him. He has perhaps a bit of sympathy for Badou's point, but he's not going to be convinced so easily with just that.]
These "mutants and demi-humans", it's just their physical appearances that have been altered, right? Do they still retain human reasoning and compassion? These kishin eggs don't.
Well, no. [He actually sounds surprised at the implication that he's that naive, and he doesn't take offense or rise to the flat look being given to him, so maybe Badou can tell that he's speaking from experience.]
But that's another matter entirely. I'm asking if those "not exactly humans" act like the kishin eggs we've been fighting. If they don't and they're still capable of listening to reason and thinking of things other than killing uninvolved civilians, then they are human. The kishin eggs here aren't.
I had a boar-faced fucker with a cage on his jaw try to shoot me an extra smoke-hole just for taking a wrong short cut over his turf one time. So no, they're not the same, but they're also not not the same, you know?
Well, what are you going to do? You and your partner will soon be at a disadvantage with that kind of mindset. [Not that he has any right to call people on it after he broke off from his own partner, but at least he has seven souls under his belt already.]
... What about them?
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They're...souls.
...And they look kinda slimy.
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You already ate yours, huh?
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[Not helping, is he?]
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I just mean, like, they're souls. Should we really want to be eating them? Why are we doing it at all?
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--So, that's five percent of the souls you need to consume to become a death scythe right there. [pointing at the screen] Maybe you can try seasoning each with different flavors to see what works best. [Yeah he's seriously suggesting sprinkling salt and pepper over yours.]
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[He takes a drag on his smoke. He's thinking about all the trouble Al went through not to kill the kishin eggs, but instead just to incapacitate them and knock them out. Sure, maybe others came along and finished the job off later, but it still feels wrong somehow to just eat these as though everything's copacetic when it's not.]
I guess if I'm gonna do it though there's no reason not to get creative though, yeah? Maybe some melted cheese. Or some lemon zest. Or hot sauce--man, I love me some good hot sauce. [Ironically, that part about seasoning is the bit he's taking most seriously.]
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Look at it this way: I come from a place where doctors grab kids off the street, tack on a load of animal features, and then sell 'em to the highest bidder, yeah? All those mutants and demi-humans, they're not exactly human anymore either. But they still were, yeah?
Maybe I'm just not the kinda guy who stays backed into a corner because there aren't a lot of alternatives around.
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These "mutants and demi-humans", it's just their physical appearances that have been altered, right? Do they still retain human reasoning and compassion? These kishin eggs don't.
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You think that humans are all reasoning and compassionate?
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But that's another matter entirely. I'm asking if those "not exactly humans" act like the kishin eggs we've been fighting. If they don't and they're still capable of listening to reason and thinking of things other than killing uninvolved civilians, then they are human. The kishin eggs here aren't.
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I had a boar-faced fucker with a cage on his jaw try to shoot me an extra smoke-hole just for taking a wrong short cut over his turf one time. So no, they're not the same, but they're also not not the same, you know?
I'm just sayin'.
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