Idiotic. Even if they all say they would be okay with the loss, I would be hard pressed to believe it. They're just that convinced that their stubbornness will see them through, that they wouldn't even consider the possibility of failing in any significant way.
She did mention she wouldn't risk her own escape, so I can't imagine what she means by "nothing"... but you're right, she seemed pretty convinced it would be easy to win. [Everyone gets unnerfed and gets lulled into a false sense of security like IDIOTS, thinks Childe, who is the most obnoxious combination of a hypocrite but also paranoid.] I guess it's no skin off our backs if they lose, but it seems more likely that he's just going to say no.
[THEY'RE BOTH SO FUCKING OBNOXIOUS IN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAYS. See: Scaramouche scoffing at this very well-meaning gesture like it disgusts him, because it does for many reasons.]
It's mostly for their own sake than for ours, anyway. Some of them just hate losing, and others want to be able to free themselves from the guilt they might otherwise feel for leaving us behind by doing something where they can then tell themselves that at least they gave it a try.
[The cynicism... BUT ALSO HE FEELS LIKE HE'S CORRECT.]
[THE CYNICISM... BUT LIKE... Childe isn't gonna say he's wrong. He believes, more than Scaramouche does, that there are a handful of people among them who do genuinely want to free them all--but he also believes that Scaramouche is generally correct, and that, as he'd said earlier, no one is going to want it badly enough to risk their own freedom. At least, not anyone who wasn't already planning on staying.]
Mm. They proved that much at the end of that last trial. [When no one wanted to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth of Harrow's words.]
[Or, as far as he's concerned, when they just let one murderer waltz away because he killed a dude they didn't like, while still acting sad that they offed Filbo.]
There are a lot of things that they proved at the end of that trial.
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[HELLO.]
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GIVE HIM A MINUTE TO PROCESS THIS
he's going to text ryo about it later]
...Was that why I ran into him...
[hE NEVER DID ASK RYO IF HE WENT OUT WITH THE INTENT TO MURDER]
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Why you ran into him where?
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[What, like he was gonna waste his time on small fry for no reason]
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You went out to find Satan.
[Where "find" is exchangeable with "kill"...]
...I mean. I suppose you did, in fact, find Satan.
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[GOD. Fuckin. This is so much.]
I'll have to ask him if he was out there to kill on purpose.
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[He doesn't even bother asking Childe why he didn't figure that out on murdernight because he's like OF COURSE HE DIDN'T ASK.]
It would be in line with what we've come to expect from this place, too.
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And here I was starting to warm up to this place. [And now he's reminded of how ANNOYING it is]
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[You start settling into a rhythm and groove only for something to dislodge you and dispel the illusion that it's a pretty okay place to be...]
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Though, that reminds him--]
Have you spoken to Harrowhark yet?
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I have, yes. I take it she's mentioned their... whatever it is they're trying to do.
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Idiotic. Even if they all say they would be okay with the loss, I would be hard pressed to believe it. They're just that convinced that their stubbornness will see them through, that they wouldn't even consider the possibility of failing in any significant way.
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It's mostly for their own sake than for ours, anyway. Some of them just hate losing, and others want to be able to free themselves from the guilt they might otherwise feel for leaving us behind by doing something where they can then tell themselves that at least they gave it a try.
[The cynicism... BUT ALSO HE FEELS LIKE HE'S CORRECT.]
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Mm. They proved that much at the end of that last trial. [When no one wanted to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth of Harrow's words.]
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There are a lot of things that they proved at the end of that trial.
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[GOD. Well if nothing else, it's true that they're an entertaining clown show.
But anyway--]
Are you going to go bother Ryo?
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Anyway, he's just arching a brow at that.]
I already went to talk to him, how else would I have known what he was jailed for?
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[Seems like a Scara thing to do]
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[He's had to deal with this for others already...]
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[AS IF HE NEEDS THE ENCOURAGEMENT.]
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But that makes him laugh, because of course it does. It's fine... Lavi's fine...]
Haha, fair enough!
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You've reminded me, though - I owe someone something. If you visit Ryo again, tell him I said hello.
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