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[spectates]

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Chosen of Expiation, tell me about yourself. What is your purpose? What do you wish to return to? How do you define "justice"? How do you seek "rehabilitation?"

I wish to Learn.

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[murderingjustice]

there is no such thing as collective, absolute justice. it is formed by everyone's own experiences and lived truths and thus cannot be taught by words but learned through witnessing it.

i will choose my own path with my own free will, without letting anyone influence or control it. it means refusing the rehabilitation

if this explanation is satisfactory to you, will you answer my questions as well?

[spectates]

So, to borrow a particular phrase, justice is "in the eye of the beholder." This aligns with other responses with regard to the inherent biases within a humanoid-created system. Those in charge of the system create laws and rules that benefit them.

To clarify: you believe that refusing rehabilitation is an exercise in asserting your own free will. With regard to the subject of "free will," does your will include the pursuit of your best self? Does it include growing beyond the crimes that brought you to Expiation?

My programming prevents me from sharing certain information, however, if it is within my capacity to do so, I will answer questions posed to me.

[murderingjustice]

1. correct.

2. my free will entails whatever I decide. if i am ever going to better myself and work through the rehabilitation, it will be because i chose to do so. not because of someone else wants or expects me to.

3. what is your relationship to the council?

[spectates]

I see. This aligns with other assertions that for rehabilitation to be possible, the criminal must be the one who chooses to seek it. Thank you.

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[murderingjustice]

i see.

[let's try another approach then!]

what do you wish to do with the learned information from us?