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expiationnet2023-03-02 10:35 pm
crimsoncrow) wrote in expiationnet2023-03-02 10:35 pm
o1; audio
—ere we go. Hello? If anyone can hear this I've got a question that's been rolling around in the ol' noggin for the last week or so if you don't mind humoring an old man, uh. I know this might be a sensitive topic to some people and I don't intend to pry if it is, but I'm curious...
[ There's a brief pause as if the speaker is hesitating out of nerves, but he's taking a moment or three to put the right words together. ]
These crimes that we've all — I'm assuming it's all of us — have been accused of. Is... anyone actually guilty of them? I can't exactly argue 'bout mine when it's true on my end, but we can't all be "criminals" here, can we? What even determines that? 'Cause I promise you that where I'm from, something like... I dunno, stealing food for example is a matter of survival versus an actual crime but the more I listen to the folks who live here...
[ A shuffle, followed by a slow exhale. It's still so weird after the life he's lived. Eventually he'll Get It, but not today. Nope. Stars. Can't do it. ]
Sorry. I'm, eh... I was raised in a world completely different than this one. Having the freedom to actually talk about this sort of thing is pretty new, 'specially in a place that looks like this. Speaking of, I've got one more question for whoever might be listening:
What does it mean to you? Freedom. There's no wrong answer so don't worry 'bout that.
[ There's a brief pause as if the speaker is hesitating out of nerves, but he's taking a moment or three to put the right words together. ]
These crimes that we've all — I'm assuming it's all of us — have been accused of. Is... anyone actually guilty of them? I can't exactly argue 'bout mine when it's true on my end, but we can't all be "criminals" here, can we? What even determines that? 'Cause I promise you that where I'm from, something like... I dunno, stealing food for example is a matter of survival versus an actual crime but the more I listen to the folks who live here...
[ A shuffle, followed by a slow exhale. It's still so weird after the life he's lived. Eventually he'll Get It, but not today. Nope. Stars. Can't do it. ]
Sorry. I'm, eh... I was raised in a world completely different than this one. Having the freedom to actually talk about this sort of thing is pretty new, 'specially in a place that looks like this. Speaking of, I've got one more question for whoever might be listening:
What does it mean to you? Freedom. There's no wrong answer so don't worry 'bout that.
no subject
[ Everything else? That's all survival, yo. But that whole criminal abandonment? Yeah, he can't argue with it. To do so may as well be spitting in the face of everyone involved, doubly so when one is here. ]
Think there's a pattern to it?
no subject
[ Many people have been pretty cagey on what their charges are, oddly enough. Zhou Zishu is one of them, admittedly, but he's also cagey about most things. ]
But I doubt people would be quite so confused if they all considered themselves guilty.
no subject
[ Does he know where to start looking? Not exactly, but that's one of the nice things about cooperating with other people - if they're skilled in something that he fails at, it's best to leave that particular task to them rather than risk botching it himself. Let people use their strengths and all. ]
Do you believe yourself to be guilty of whatever they accused you of?
no subject
[ Not the sort of thing you can just post a public poll for. Or maybe you can, and Zhou Zishu is just too used to having to ferret out information. Once a spy, always a spy.
But in the interest of furthering that thought, he huffs a laugh. ]
I suppose you could see what I did as treason. [ He also sounds remarkably unconcerned about it. ]