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Dialogue bunny. Whose dialogue? I dunno. One of them's Nimay, but the other one could be anyone. 'cept Mithé of course. Could even be her conscience, I dunno. I'm writing a lot lately. I think I've gotten rid of writer's block! Hurrah! Going to get back to the actual story tomorrow, I reckon X3 Anyway, bunny:
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“Why do you do it?”
“Why do I do what?”
“What compels you to take the lives of others?”
“The lives I take belong to those who have sent their fair share of people to be with the goddesses.”
“And yet, you make your living of doing that which your people hate.”
“I am not proud of what I do; I only know that it must be done.”
“And surely, if the task was not yours to complete, would not some other take up the sword?”
“I would not argue that point.”
“So why do you continue, if it hurts you so?”
“This task must be undertaken by one who does not enjoy it.”
“For what reason?”
“If the duty of taking lives were to be enjoyed, then the one taking them would search for excuses to take more, until they were to give up and kill because it was enjoyable.”
“And you do not do this yourself?”
“No. I do not.”
“But are you not already excusing your kills?”
“No.”
“You just told me you kill those who have killed before. Is that not excusing your actions?”
“The people whose lives I take make others fear for theirs.”
“And do you not do the same?”
“People know I only take lives in battle.”
“Yet you know this is not truth.”
“What I know doesn’t matter. People know I am not underhand in my killings. So long as they know this, they will not fear that I will turn my blade on them.”
“And if people knew of your alternate occupation?”
“Then I will have failed.”
“How many lives must a person have taken before you take your blade to them?”
“None: The intent to take another’s life is as bad as the action.”
“Then by your own definition, should not your own life be taken?”
A flinch. “Yes.”
“Why do you do it?”
“Why do I do what?”
“What compels you to take the lives of others?”
“The lives I take belong to those who have sent their fair share of people to be with the goddesses.”
“And yet, you make your living of doing that which your people hate.”
“I am not proud of what I do; I only know that it must be done.”
“And surely, if the task was not yours to complete, would not some other take up the sword?”
“I would not argue that point.”
“So why do you continue, if it hurts you so?”
“This task must be undertaken by one who does not enjoy it.”
“For what reason?”
“If the duty of taking lives were to be enjoyed, then the one taking them would search for excuses to take more, until they were to give up and kill because it was enjoyable.”
“And you do not do this yourself?”
“No. I do not.”
“But are you not already excusing your kills?”
“No.”
“You just told me you kill those who have killed before. Is that not excusing your actions?”
“The people whose lives I take make others fear for theirs.”
“And do you not do the same?”
“People know I only take lives in battle.”
“Yet you know this is not truth.”
“What I know doesn’t matter. People know I am not underhand in my killings. So long as they know this, they will not fear that I will turn my blade on them.”
“And if people knew of your alternate occupation?”
“Then I will have failed.”
“How many lives must a person have taken before you take your blade to them?”
“None: The intent to take another’s life is as bad as the action.”
“Then by your own definition, should not your own life be taken?”
A flinch. “Yes.”