[Another night post! But this time Kaito's inside, sitting on the windowsill of the inn room he shares with his traveling group. He has one knee pulled up to his chest with his foot resting on the windowsill, while the other is planted firmly on the ground, and he looks thoughtful as he taps a deck of cards against his knee. Next to him lays a
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[a thoughtful pause goes here]
I don't think I could go that far.
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... Still, when you take someone's life... You enter a realm that you can't return from.
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It's a big choice. It's one I'd try to avoid at all costs.
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. . . I'm not sure if I can answer honestly.
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You don't have to answer at all.
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Well. Let's just say I wouldn't take it lying down, of course.
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I wouldn't, either.
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... They say if you try to get revenge, it'll make you the same as them.
[he frowns.]
Bullshit. Even if that's what one's supposed to do, I can't just let them get away with that. Even if it's wrong and makes me the same as that jerk, I--
... I would make them pay.
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I wouldn't take it sitting down, either. [a nod, though he's still watching his gear] There are lines I wouldn't cross, but... I'd do something.
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... You think you'd see where those lines are before crossing them?
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'S hard to miss them.
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[It's said as if it's the most natural thing in the world, but his smile fades into a serious expression.]
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A lot of people have answered that way.
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To Hell.
[And she had. In the most literal sense of the word physically possible, for the exact reasons that Kaito had laid out in the question. Almost ironic, really.]
[And the 'yes' to the first part of the question was unspoken, but probably unnecessary.]
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Would you drag them with you?
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[Her tone is... very dark as she says this. ... Darker even than when she was telling him the story of her origin. Because... well, yes, that was horrendous and Heather remembered it a lot more clearly than she felt she should have to, having technically not been born yet, but... it was still a long time ago, and the good guys won.]
[... But Claudia ... that was recent. That was raw. That still hurt.]
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I wouldn't let them get away with it, either. [he's not letting them get away with it]
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