[Voice (morning) / Action (evening)]
[Voice - Locked from Al, Winry, Gracia, and Elicia]
This might seem like a weird question, but I need to ask.
A lot of people - kids, even - act like they're fine with death and killing. The draft taught me that much. And around here dying doesn't even seem to matter because you just come back anyway. Is that what makes it- [Not okay, he can't ( Read more... )
This might seem like a weird question, but I need to ask.
A lot of people - kids, even - act like they're fine with death and killing. The draft taught me that much. And around here dying doesn't even seem to matter because you just come back anyway. Is that what makes it- [Not okay, he can't ( Read more... )
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... My... h-home planet, Terra... is... entirely non-violent. Before... b-before I came here, I... I could not conceive of even... h-harming a being. For... for a-any reason.
... Much... m-much less killing.
[He swallows audibly, trying to quell the mix of feelings in his chest.] And... and then... someone here was... injured greviously to... protect me. [Died to protect him.] ... I cannot allow that, not without... trying. Not without doing s-something...
... But I do not know if... if I could ever kill anyone.
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How'd your whole planet manage to keep things non-violent? I didn't think that was even possible.
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... When I was born, i-it... had been the state for... approximately t-two hundred years.
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I... s-suppose the anti-violence predilections of Terrans are part of it... a step away from the [- he catches himself almost wanting to say "barbarism" -] b-behaviour of pre-Terrans. But there are... other differences, too... differences I w-would have difficulty easily quantifying.
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Are your people regular humans?
[Which would normally be a weird question to ask, but in Luceti, there seems to be all sorts...]
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That, er, rather seems to be... the n-norm, for Luceti. [Though they're mostly so pale.]
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[So, a peaceful, non-violent existence between humans is possible? For a kid from a country known for its love of starting wars and conflict, the very idea of it is...]
It's hard to imagine. A world like that, I mean.
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... Don't tell Robert about that part.]
I... th-thought violence of the sort in Luceti was... impossible, myself.
... It made b-being here very... jarring, at first. [It still does. When all of your friends would be criminals - hell, when you would be - it's a little shocking to think about.]
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[Killing, not necessarily - after all, here's evidence someone doesn't - but fighting.]
It seems that... c-conflict is the norm...
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[Although that was the homunculus' fault.]
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[He can hardly imagine how that feels. Having to fight all the time...? Who could stand it?]
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[Quietly:] I suppose Luceti would be... an i-improvement from that then.
... Is that why... y-you have asked such a question?
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[As to why... hmm.]
I'm a scientist. The only way to learn about things I don't understand is to research the subject. That's why I'm asking questions like this.
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... You are... also a scientist? [He can't camouflage the slight eagerness in his voice, at knowing that there may be other people here who can empathize with him. So far they seem to at least empathize on not wanting to kill...] It is... a-always a pleasure to meet a fellow intellectual...
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[If he says anything like "it's magic" he's on a short path to a sore face 8|]
What's your field?
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