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[There's a silence, for a long moment -- before Rei finally works up the nerve to say something. She sounds tired.]
It's getting a lot harder to keep believing everything has a purpose in this place.
[There's a long rush of air as Rei exhales.]It's almost as if the Animus don't want us here -- but if that's true, then why have I been here for ( Read more... )
It's getting a lot harder to keep believing everything has a purpose in this place.
[There's a long rush of air as Rei exhales.]It's almost as if the Animus don't want us here -- but if that's true, then why have I been here for ( Read more... )
But, you're asking the right questions. Someday, we will uncover the answers- I'm confident in this.
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[So awkward.]
It's a little complicated.
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She just... thought I was being presumptuous.
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What did you say?
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That with all due respect, I can't accept the fact that my presence here will not make a difference.
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Everyone's presence makes some sort of difference. Whether or not you're going to have a big impact is up to you, not anyone else.
But taming chaos is next to impossible.
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In discord, there is suffering, pain. Things slip through the cracks. People fall prey to irrelevant trivialities, and there is little strategic progress. As a principle, magicians harness chaos. They restrict it, bind it, and turn it into order and obedience.
[Nathaniel thinks for a moment.]
I may not be successful. But I will do the best that I can to make this a better place for everyone to coexist in.
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[It's said genuinely.]
You and I have the same goal, then. I hope you have more luck than I have.
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[He swallows hard, trying to quell the arrogance, the egotism- the lone wolf part of him which preferred the glory in doing some amazing feat alone.]
It's, as you said, a near impossible task. I'll need all the help I can get.
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Better me than half of the so-called important people. Have you met the angels yet? Most of them are totally useless.
[It's an attempt to lighten the mood. He strikes her as something of a 'I take things too seriously' type.]
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Only one. He was helpful enough.
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You have a higher patience level than I do.
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Politics.
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