mineo.

[enfangs]

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[sengokus]

... me neither.

[he

sighs.]

... I just punched Sutcliffe-san last weekend...

[he knows it's not the greatest look]

[enfangs]

[a snort]

You could probably dance on her corpse tomorrow and I think most people would look the other way.

[sengokus]

[he bristles just a little - ]

I wouldn't -

[ . . . . he frowns because he knows that white isn't making a dig at him.]

... is that how you feel, White-kun? You know... since some people weren't a fan...

[enfangs]

[he shrugs.]

Am I sorry to see her dead? Nope. Did I hate her with a burning passion or whatever? Nah.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he nods, like he's trying to understand that, letting it rattle around in his head.]

... that's probably how most people here feel, right?

[enfangs]

Maybe. Someone apparently felt ambivalent or hostile enough to kill her, though.

[sengokus]

[a beat]

... yeah.

[he sighs]

Why? Because they thought it was the right thing to do? Or because they thought we'd care less if they killed someone already disliked?

Ahh, I can't do profiling work...

[enfangs]

Could be either, honestly. People will kill for any reason at all.

[sengokus]

... I'm still not used to that kind of thinking.

[he'll just. admit that quietly.]

Maybe that's the luck of a... [he seems to pause, trying to figure out the words he wants to use] ... mostly peaceful life.

I'm not sure what I'd kill someone over.

[enfangs]

[he hums.]

Would you kill someone if they were trying to kill you first?

[sengokus]

[he shakes his head....]

Nah...

I've been trained in de-escalation and even then - you don't need to kill someone to incapacitate them.

[he lacks the self-interest..... and self-preservation,,]

[enfangs]

... Wow.

People like you really exist, huh.

[sengokus]

[he

pauses]

... is this an insult....

[enfangs]

I think you're too soft-hearted. [...] But that's not always a bad thing, I guess.

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

... I think you're trying to be nice to me...?

[enfangs]

[he scowls.]

You're reading too much into it.

[sengokus]

[he pauses like he's trying to figure out if he

is or not]

... well, thanks I guess, if you are.

But I don't know if... [he'd call himself soft-hearted. maybe.] I think my circumstances are just different.

If you lived in a mostly peaceful time, I think your view might be a little different too, you know?

[enfangs]

But I didn't, so what's your point?

[sengokus]

[he shakes his head]

No point. And before you get defensive, I like you just fine as you are.

[HE'S GOTTEN A SENSE OF THIS FROM WHITE AT LEAST,]

I've just been thinking about it. I'd probably be really different too, if I was from any of your worlds.

[enfangs]

[...]

Maybe, maybe not. People in the same situation can turn out different.

But who knows? Maybe we'll see what this place does to you.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he opens his mouth to respond to that

before he just closes his eyes and sighs]

... 'indulging' normally has a bad connotation to it, doesn't it?

[enfangs]

Doesn't exactly make the non-indulgers feel warm and fuzzy about a person, no.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just

sighs and runs a hand through his hair]

... do you think we're gonna - see any benefits from this race, White-kun? At all?

[enfangs]

... Who knows? [...] But what you get out of something and what you lose is up to you, sometimes.

[sengokus]

... yeah.

Do you know yet?

What you'd be okay with losing, to get what you want?