[ sousei & jae-ha make mistakes ]

[alttitude]

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[alttitude]

That's very neat and heroic of you.

[jae-ha agrees

but he didn't like. say it like that.]

My captain will likely agree with you.

[jae-ha does too he's just not saying it, the fucker]

[disilluded]

[...Yeah, Sousei snorts at that, expression flat.]

No, that is not the right word. It is not heroism.

[alttitude]

But "basic human decency" doesn't have nearly as nice of a ring to it.

[disilluded]

...You are ridiculous.

[A shake of his head.]

It doesn't matter what it is. All that matters is that it is what must be done.

[alttitude]

Ridiculous maybe, but not wrong.

[if sousei doesn't want to call it heroism, then it's naturally just what they're mutually agreeing is Correct

aka the very bare things to be done to still be considered a human (or dragon)]

Protect the weak from anyone who might see them as prey - but what do you mean of their game as a whole? Besides the fact that it's painfully ugly.

[disilluded]

[Yeah, the game as a whole... He makes an expression of disaste.]

I can't find any sense to it.

Tragedies occur. Corruption exists. But usually someone benefits.

This...there is no purpose.

[alttitude]

A war without reason, where it's uncertain exactly when it is that they'll decide enough is enough. It's not even about resources, money, vendettas....

[At least - as far as from what Jae-ha can tell.]

Though they might always just be hiding things from us.

[disilluded]

I rather expect that to be the case.

[He admits that with a sigh.]

There is undeniably a great deal we don't know about our situation. That is what makes this so dangerous.

[alttitude]

We know at least a bit more sense our last conversation - not enough, but still... more.

I wouldn't surprise you have any espionage in your background? Super hearing as your neat new skill?

[disilluded]

[... Jae-ha.]

No.

[Why]

Not espionage, and nothing like that. I was a soldier. [More or less. Very "was", though.]

[alttitude]

And then treason?

[look, he read the tapestries]

How exciting!

[disilluded]

[Sousei quirks an eyebrow at Jae-ha.

And then, dryly, because it's already out in the open anyway:]

It was on the tapestry twice, presumably, because I committed treason twice.

[So there u go]

[alttitude]

Is your government absolutely horrendous too?

[CAN HE FEEL VINDICATED]

[disilluded]

[???]

I certainly did not do so for sport.

[So.

Yes, Jae-ha.

His government sucked.]

[alttitude]

You never know. Some people might. Petty riots where the would-be king is no better than the person he's dethroning.

[it happens!]

But why then? Is it truly worth twice the treason? How did you even get away with it the first time?

[disilluded]

... Nosy, aren't you?

[And then, with a touch of confidence that quite honestly borders on arrogant, but in that really annoying Sousei way:]

I got away with it the first time because I was in the right. They could hardly punish me for doing my duty and protecting my country.

[1/2]

[alttitude]

[and without hesitation:]

I see no reason to hide who or what I'm interested in.

[AS PER ALWAYS!!!]

[alttitude]

[but ah - that answer makes him laugh.]

Ah? So you went rogue and they rolled over because you were on the moral high ground? Maybe it's not as corrupt as I expected.

[disilluded]

You are still disgusting.

[For the record.

As for that...]

Not the entirety of the government was corrupt, naturally. And what is, I will uncover and reveal to the world, so that it may be removed, and the country recover.

That is, after all, my proper duty.

[alttitude]

Oh?

[how grand. jae-ha hums faintly, considering that. he's not the type of person to follow the idea of duty, instead calling it his own taste in aesthetics and what he finds beautiful.]

Sounds burdensome.

Who left such a thing on your shoulders? They must have meant quite a lot to you.

[WHO WOULD CHOOSE THAT PATH IN THEIR OWN]

[disilluded]

[... Hm. Sousei's not denying it, but...he does quirk an eyebrow at that, and:]

Why are you so certain that it was a duty left upon my shoulders by someone else?

[alttitude]

It's unlikely that anyone is born a patriot.

Even princes, queens, those who are expected to have a loyalty to their country and its best interests in mind - it's a matter of lineage and learning from a young age that they're meant to care... well, most of the time.

[lmao bratty princess yona]

Moreso if your government was corrupt. Unless you grew up specifically to cut those parts out purely out of spite -

But the simpler guess is that someone who inspired you told you that it was something worth doing.

[disilluded]

[...Well.]

You are correct.

[Sousei just shrugs, crossing his arms quietly. As he thinks about it... well, what Jae-ha says is entirely reasonable, and he experienced it for himself.]

... It was a promise made, I suppose, with someone who was important to me. ["Was", Sousei please, he's still alive.] I've come to see the worth in it for myself as I have grown.

[alttitude]

[Jae-ha smiles.

Like yeah, he knew he was right. Apparently both of them can be arrogant here!]

Ah, childhood promises.

[disilluded]

[That gets a flat look out of Sousei.]

Wipe that look off of your face. A lucky guess is hardly reason to be so smug.