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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
[ 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. ]