CANTO IX // VIDEO [Filtered from Morrigan, Bellatrix, and the Major]

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Ironic, isn't it?

[Beatrice (freshly out of the hospital) is shown walking around the park (where, ironically, she first made herself known), sounding and looking more like her usual self---with her usual haughty grin and imperious intonation.  However, her grin still doesn't quite reach her eyes, which still look a bit weary, but with some renewed

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[rocksfallidie]

Resolution comes not when a single person is destroyed, but when the harmful ideas that person represents are broken down.

[He could be talking about anybody here okay.]

voice; private

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[A pause as Beatrice switches over to voice. NOTHING TO SEE HERE, LEO you never saw any of...what you just saw. There's another pause as she ruminates over his words. The 'single person is destroyed' statement makes her think of Keith (way to be subtle bro)---but the following statement has her intrigued.]

Point taken. Ideology is a dominating factor in taking action---but ideology has a certain degree of permanence, I'm afraid. It's quite hard to erase.

[---and setting this shit to private ok, because she is now going to pull an Anderson Cooper and delve into the heart of the matter---]

However, I severely doubt Keith Anyan had any kind of philosophy in mind when he tried to do what he tried to do---that is, if you can call complete and utter apathy an ideology.

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[rocksfallidie]

[Just remember that you're the one who brought Keith Anyan into it, yeah yeah]

His mind is ruled by the ideologies of the SD system. I have no doubt that those philosophies were in his thoughts at the time.

voice; private

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[SHUT UP YOU THREW IN THE IMPLICATION, she just put two and two together---]

[---But, the confusion is now evident in her voice when she asks:]

'SD system'? Are you saying he is...or was, rather...a soldier of some sort, serving this...'system'?

[And suddenly, she lets out a cold laugh.]

...I see. Taken away from the very thing he served---he must have felt like close to nothing. After all, whose orders would he follow? What greater purpose would he serve? He could try to substitute it, yes, but that still wouldn't be enough---not when you're not dissimilar to Furniture. And once the nothingness began to ate at him---

---He snapped.

[She continues chuckling, before she continues:]

...It makes a little more sense now, why he would lash out in such a manner. Still, since we are on the subject of philosophy---just what kind of philosophy did this 'system' promote, my dear?

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[loveyourenemy]

...I don't think much of anything was resolved.

But I'm glad that at least you're feeling better.

voice

[unastregadoro]

It's only raised more questions and doubts, to be honest.

[Another sigh.]

...Thank you for your concern. How are you feeling, now that some time has passed in wake of the incident?

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[loveyourenemy]

I'm... still not really sure. But it isn't as though I can just go on hiding from everything forever.

voice

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Regained some resolve, I gather?

[Beatrice chuckles a little.]

That's a good start, Jonah. What are your plans, if you've managed to come up with any?

[Voice]

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[She can see that. But...]

Thank you, Bakura.

But, more importantly, how are you?

[Voice]

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[....Damn it, Bakura. She sighs, knowing that he's just putting up a front. It can't be that easy.]

'Slowly,' perhaps being the keyword.

...The wounds of the heart require time to heal, Bakura. Not even the strongest white magic can heal them instantly.

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[A sad-sounding chuckle.]

Truer words, Lyra. At least this City is never boring.

But, I am---my wounds have healed enough for me to be walking around again. Yourself?

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What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, Lyra, as I'm sure you know. What you did was reckless, but your heart was in the right place. You were only trying to stop anyone else from getting hurt---and perhaps even this entire City from being destroyed.

Truly, I'm grateful for your help in dealing with Anyan...even with the repercussions.

[ribbotic]

Unsurprising. This session appears to have yet to reach a crisis point.

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[Beatrice takes a smoke from her pipe.]

One thing only leads to another around here, I'm afraid. And there is never simply one crisis point, but several all at once, nevermind the repercussions that follow.

[ribbotic]

I don't know if I think that's true. But I guess I don't know a lot of things right now. How long have you been here?

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Two months.