I get the need for it, but it kinda pisses me off that he's saying "if you can't kill them don't even bother being involved". Great, thanks, way to throw me to the wind because I'm incapable of doing that, nevermind all the shit they've BOTH done to my and my family! And all the work I've already done on the cases they've been involved in!
But that already makes me too 'emotionally involved' so he probably wouldn't listen to me anyway, so, whatever.
I don't think it's a bad thing to want to be merciful.
That said, there are still ways you can help. That's why we're an organization. You know how Ivan is, also. He doesn't hold anything in. Like... every. Seriously. The man just up and told me what he had for breakfast one day.
I don't want you off this case, though, even if Ivan says otherwise. That's my stand on the matter.
Greg. Ivan is also a military man. A former mercenary, who killed as a way of life. Of course he expects different things than the rest of us.
However, you shouldn't be telling me all of this. Talk to commander Daimon or Nanoha.
Just, personally? It's less that you aren't prepared to kill an adversary, it's more that you need to be prepared to do whatever you can to stop them. Remember Greg, they push us.
It doesn't make you a monster to fight back in the name of something better.
I get that. Doesn't make me any more willing to kill. You know what happened to me - they don't, and I really do not want to make it any more public knowledge than it already is.
Greg? This is going to sound like the darkest thing you're ever going to hear me say, but.
Being prepared to do what you must doesn't necessarily mean you have to be the one to strike the final blow.
I've killed before, Greg. The first time I did was when I was very young. But I've also known lots of people who can't do things like that, and I never thought they were weak. What mattered was that they did everything in their own power to fight for themselves, and others.
I never would have succeeded without their support.
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I get the need for it, but it kinda pisses me off that he's saying "if you can't kill them don't even bother being involved". Great, thanks, way to throw me to the wind because I'm incapable of doing that, nevermind all the shit they've BOTH done to my and my family! And all the work I've already done on the cases they've been involved in!
But that already makes me too 'emotionally involved' so he probably wouldn't listen to me anyway, so, whatever.
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I don't think it's a bad thing to want to be merciful.
That said, there are still ways you can help. That's why we're an organization. You know how Ivan is, also. He doesn't hold anything in. Like... every. Seriously. The man just up and told me what he had for breakfast one day.
I don't want you off this case, though, even if Ivan says otherwise. That's my stand on the matter.
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I swear half this place thinks I'm a pansy just because I won't kill, no matter who it is...
Thank you, though... I sure as hell don't want off it either... I still feel like shit for fucking up the last time we could have grabbed Finitevus.
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However, you shouldn't be telling me all of this. Talk to commander Daimon or Nanoha.
Just, personally? It's less that you aren't prepared to kill an adversary, it's more that you need to be prepared to do whatever you can to stop them. Remember Greg, they push us.
It doesn't make you a monster to fight back in the name of something better.
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Finitevus already used it against me...
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Being prepared to do what you must doesn't necessarily mean you have to be the one to strike the final blow.
I've killed before, Greg. The first time I did was when I was very young. But I've also known lots of people who can't do things like that, and I never thought they were weak. What mattered was that they did everything in their own power to fight for themselves, and others.
I never would have succeeded without their support.
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[bit of a pause as he collects his thoughts]
You support me. And my family does, too. That's all that really matters in the end, right?
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Hey... wanna go for a couple of beers later? I feel like I could use it.
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Yeah.
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