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.
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.
[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.
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.
[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.
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No, that is not the right word. It is not heroism.
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[A shake of his head.]
It doesn't matter what it is. All that matters is that it is what must be done.
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[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.
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I can't find any sense to it.
Tragedies occur. Corruption exists. But usually someone benefits.
This...there is no purpose.
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[At least - as far as from what Jae-ha can tell.]
Though they might always just be hiding things from us.
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[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.
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I wouldn't surprise you have any espionage in your background? Super hearing as your neat new skill?
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No.
[Why]
Not espionage, and nothing like that. I was a soldier. [More or less. Very "was", though.]
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[look, he read the tapestries]
How exciting!
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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]
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[CAN HE FEEL VINDICATED]
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I certainly did not do so for sport.
[So.
Yes, Jae-ha.
His government sucked.]
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[it happens!]
But why then? Is it truly worth twice the treason? How did you even get away with it the first time?
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[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]
I see no reason to hide who or what I'm interested in.
[AS PER ALWAYS!!!]
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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.
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[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.
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[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]
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Why are you so certain that it was a duty left upon my shoulders by someone else?
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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.
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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.
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Like yeah, he knew he was right. Apparently both of them can be arrogant here!]
Ah, childhood promises.
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Wipe that look off of your face. A lucky guess is hardly reason to be so smug.
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[he didn't actually expect to be right. even if his mouth doesn't say it, his face does: 'a little cliche?']
Well, I'd heard that children are a bit more impressionable that way....
[he didn't exactly get a chance to experience it for himself]
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