[IN MY DEFENSE a tiny child murdered me before then]
Not necessarily. All you have to do is win the fight, and then figure out who'd prefer to be on the other side. Let them vote for you, and then the two of you throw the match after the trial--or however it's going to work, here.
[Imagine we finally go back to solo executions and Childe is like okay well scratch that advice]
...Of course, if it's someone you can't bear to kill in self-defense, that's a different problem. But I'm guessing that's part of what we're being re-tested on.
But also--he shrugs a little.] Isn't that what all this means? We won't get through this without some bloodshed. If they have to force us to act too often, I doubt they'll consider our "performance" satisfactory.
Mm. It won't be pleasant or satisfying for most people. [There are a lot of freaks around, but generally even they don't enjoy dying so much as they're indifferent to it? Probably??? Who knows.] ...But from the way some people were talking in trial, I'd say a few of our number might think something like, "at least it was me and not someone else."
[It's not exactly comforting, but--there's nothing comforting about this situation. Even with Kate, Childe's simply tried to phrase the reality more gently, rather than patronizing her by pretending they're doing anything besides waiting in the wings for their turn at the deathmatch.]
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Not necessarily. All you have to do is win the fight, and then figure out who'd prefer to be on the other side. Let them vote for you, and then the two of you throw the match after the trial--or however it's going to work, here.
[Imagine we finally go back to solo executions and Childe is like okay well scratch that advice]
...Of course, if it's someone you can't bear to kill in self-defense, that's a different problem. But I'm guessing that's part of what we're being re-tested on.
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That's so fucking complicated. [ she says, after a second, frowning. it's really not, but she figures it is not going to be that easy. ]
What - you think we're being re-tested on like... how willing we are to kill people?
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But also--he shrugs a little.] Isn't that what all this means? We won't get through this without some bloodshed. If they have to force us to act too often, I doubt they'll consider our "performance" satisfactory.
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she doesn't like the sound of that, but... he's got a point. ]
I guess I didn't think of it that way. [ ... ] Guess it helps that the dead are supposed to go somewhere safe, but. They still have to die to do it.
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[It's not exactly comforting, but--there's nothing comforting about this situation. Even with Kate, Childe's simply tried to phrase the reality more gently, rather than patronizing her by pretending they're doing anything besides waiting in the wings for their turn at the deathmatch.]