I'm not the type to just distrust anyone and everyone, but...in situations like this, it makes it hard to just approach everyone in full faith and say "yeah, this guy wouldn't kill". Especially after Rupert.
[He sighs.]
I want to believe people are good, is the thing. And people have said to me today that, like, we shouldn't fall into distrust, since that will destroy us all. But people murdered. And I just hope...they aren't tryin' to justify it to themselves, if the reason isn't "they were literally forced against their will to do this".
Any form of taking a life will result in attempts at justifying it, I think. That's the nature of things. Of people.
[Or again, maybe he's pessimistic. But almost everyone has justifications for why they do what they do, regardless of what that may be.]
...Distrusting everyone could become a hurdle for us. That much is true. But I don't think it's foolish to keep one's guard raised, when people have killed and will kill again, and would lie to one's face about it.
[Now they're just two depressed lads being sad about the cruel reality of not being able to trust anyone in a murdergame. Tragique.]
A matter of survival, I suppose. [He says it with resignation and some tiredness, but he's not surprised. He's never trusted easily, anyway.] ...This place truly is cruel in many ways.
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[He nods at that.]
I'm not the type to just distrust anyone and everyone, but...in situations like this, it makes it hard to just approach everyone in full faith and say "yeah, this guy wouldn't kill". Especially after Rupert.
[He sighs.]
I want to believe people are good, is the thing. And people have said to me today that, like, we shouldn't fall into distrust, since that will destroy us all. But people murdered. And I just hope...they aren't tryin' to justify it to themselves, if the reason isn't "they were literally forced against their will to do this".
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[Or again, maybe he's pessimistic. But almost everyone has justifications for why they do what they do, regardless of what that may be.]
...Distrusting everyone could become a hurdle for us. That much is true. But I don't think it's foolish to keep one's guard raised, when people have killed and will kill again, and would lie to one's face about it.
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[He sets his jaw in a serious look. Sakyou is right.]
Yeah. Especially since we don't know...the truth. I hate to think 'bout it, but...that's how it should be.
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A matter of survival, I suppose. [He says it with resignation and some tiredness, but he's not surprised. He's never trusted easily, anyway.] ...This place truly is cruel in many ways.