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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.
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[ The accusation in his voice is rife with bitterness, and he doesn't give one single fuck about it. In his opinion, Zephyr's already paid his price, maybe even a few dozen times over by now, but he also, heh, doesn't know what he's been accused of yet, either.
And don't bother him with logic, either. If he doesn't have his Rena theory, then he has to go back to the sorry state of never knowing what the hell is going on ever, and he's so tired of that. ]
This is just one town. We don't know what else is out there. Or who.
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[ It's quiet, almost resigned. He doesn't know because he'd never dealt with it like that, and because they never had any "rules" for those who committed what Zephyr had done. To most Dahnans it was just life, and to Renans... Like they'd care? Hells, he's fairly certain they'd have laughed about it or worse, feigned sympathy before leaving the poor bastard in a ditch somewhere to rot.
With prospects like that anything would surely be better. ]
What reason would they have to bring us to their world? I don't understand.
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When have we ever understood why they do what they do to us? Why the Crown Contest exists, or why they have to be as twisted about it as possible? This is obviously just... one more way of screwing around with our lives. I'm not gonna stand for it, and nobody else should, either. Least of all you, so don't be stupid and go around handing them reasons to—do whatever they think they're gonna do.