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[He'd been keeping out of the way during the recent chaos for the most part, his strong sense of self-preservation leaving him disinclined to take up an active roll - that, and he may still have been sulking just a little over the results of a run-in with a certain detested someone while under the influence of the contaminated water - but that doesn't mean he hasn't been watching. On the contrary, he'd quite enjoyed witnessing the turmoil produced by recent events, and has been keeping a careful eye on the DEMISE network just to make certain he doesn't miss anything that might be useful to him, later.

But now all the chaos has died down and he's feeling a little bored, so he deems it time to re-engage with Death City society]

Ah well, that was certainly a baptism by fire! So much has happened, and all in the last ten days since my arrival. Witches and kidnappings and chaos in the streets, even potential serial killings on top of it all; enough to unnerve or at least unsettle most people, I would have thought. Is this the level of danger we'll be facing on a regular basis, I wonder? I'd been led to believe otherwise.

How many of you did the attacks convince to fight as we've been brought here to do? How many were dissuaded? I myself am still undecided.

The list of deaths and casualties was fairly high, so my condolences to anyone who's experienced a recent loss or disappearance. It's strange and perhaps a little disorientating to find ourselves in a situation like this, and that must be made significantly worse if the people you know - either those you've met since arriving here or those you might have known from home - are lost or threatened. Unless those people were ones you found threatening, I suppose, which is always a possibility.

Which leads me to another question! Have many people here chosen to locate partners amongst those they knew before coming to Death City? Or is it more common to pair off with those you've only just met? I suppose I'm feeling a little curious.

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You think so? I'm not certain that I agree.

Train. Simple as that.

Ah, but I'd still argue it isn't always as simple as that. Even when a person is physically capable of fighting, they may not possess the mentality for it.

The mind can also be trained, not just the body.

I'm sure, and yet I find it doubtful that all people hold the propensity for it. Or the desire.

It's either that or died if attacked.

And that's likely to be the fate that some people find themselves facing, don't you think?

[hopefully]

Perhaps. I don't know enough about the guests just yet.

Some people seem to be entirely unsuitable for the task, from what I've witnessed. But who knows? People can do surprising things under adverse conditions, and they must possess some kind of useful trait for BREW to have brought them here.

When in a life and death situation, many things can happen. Who knows, maybe they'll find out they aren't as useless as they look.

Perhaps! That, and there's always the possibility that those who believe themselves able to fight will freeze up in the face of danger when it comes down to it. It's not unheard of.

[dying would be well deserved for cowards like that]

Ah yes, that too. People can be so complex.

Yeah, they can. It's part of what makes life interesting ☆

Really? So people are interesting?

I think so. Don't you?

Not really, no.

Then what does interest you, I wonder?

[killing humans]

I'm a warrior.

[He really wouldn't like that...humans belong to him :|]

Ah. So you like violence. Recent events must have been fun for you, then.

[ ... he can keep the bodies? |: ]

Enjoy violence? I've never said that.

You didn't, but every warrior must take enjoyment from violence on some level - to a greater or lesser degree depending on the individual - in order to carry out such acts in the first place. Whether it's in the skill of your own actions or the elation that comes with victory, it's all tied with violence in the end. Don't you think?

Not quite.

My purpose is to protect. I will eventually have to use violence in order to reach that objective, but it doesn't mean I enjoy it. It's simply a mean to an objective.

Which would be a fairly common response, I think. Many people fight 'to protect' after all, or with the aim of eventual peace in mind.

But are you telling me you find no enjoyment in the act of fighting at all? Not even while you are engaged in it or in the moment when you win?

I'm not that naive, and I'm quite sure neither you are.

I, however, quite enjoy peace. I may not have found it yet, but I'm sure eventually I will.

I can't say it's something I've ever been accused of, no.

And how do you define 'peace', exactly?

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