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[reverentresistance]

The Queen's power has to be less than God's... So why do you think He lets us be brought here? This goes a little beyond giving us free will, don't you think?

[Ky's unsure herself, but there's no way to gain certainty. She can only find out what other people are thinking, and that for some reason feels particularly important.]

What purpose are we serving here?

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[undefines]

Does it really have to be something special or important? It still makes people happy to know someone will help them even when they don't have to.

[reverentresistance]

It's the difference between helping someone carry a bag and saving their life. It's not that the first is a bad thing, it's just...I should be able to do more.

[undefines]

Thinking that way is fine, but only when there actually is more to do. Beggars can't be choosers, you know.

[reverentresistance]

There is more to do!

Just...not here.

[undefines]

Right. And you are here.

If you want to play hero so badly, I could give you a reason to.

[She's helping!]

[reverentresistance]

That's...really not what I'm saying!

[Miff.]

It's not about playing anything!

[undefines]

Why not? We're obviously both bored.

[reverentresistance]

Because other people would get hurt, and that's not acceptable.

[undefines]

If you want, I could not hurt anyone and just frighten them instead.

[Fear was really more what she was concerned with; anything else was extra.]

[reverentresistance]

No! That's still entirely missing the point!

[undefines]

Is it, though? If you want to save people, that means you want something bad to happen to them so they need to be saved.

[reverentresistance]

No, it means I want to stop bad things from happening where they already are.

[undefines]

And there's nothing bad happening here, so what are you hoping someone will tell you exactly?

[reverentresistance]

I wouldn't say nothing bad, we've still all been kidnapped. But I think there should still be something to work towards, if I can only think of it.

[undefines]

Well, I guess if that's what you want to focus on, you could try finding the Queen and beating her up until she lets us go home.

[reverentresistance]

Do you have an understanding at all of moral standards?

[undefines]

Well, I'm a youkai, so it's to be expected that my "moral standards" are pretty different than a human's. I don't see what the problem is with hurting the person who decided to stick us all in this flowery prison, though.

[reverentresistance]

...A what?

It's the difference between a fight and lashing out.

[undefines]

You don't know what a youkai is? Hm... I guess you could say we're spirits, or maybe monsters?

[This is, of course, accompanied by a grin.]

[reverentresistance]

That might be what people call are you, but what are you really? How were you created?

[undefines]

What do you mean, what am I really? I just told you. I wasn't "created" at all.

[So she assumes, anyway. She doesn't actually have any idea who or what her parents were, and she's the only one of her species that she knows of.]

[reverentresistance]

Then you were born?

Why would you think yourself a monster?

[undefines]

Well, I'm sure not all youkai think this way, but I don't really mind being called a monster. I mean, that's what I am. I'm a monster that terrorized humans so much that they sealed me away in fear.

[reverentresistance]

That...it sounds like maybe you should accept that less and focus on what you can be instead.

[undefines]

Hm... So you're saying I should try to be less of a youkai and more of a human instead? That doesn't sound very fair. It's just natural for us to want to terrorize and massacre humans, you know.