[ The net disappears up into the branches as she gathers it up. ]
Seeing that guy all empty like that all of a sudden, it kind of reminded me of people back home. I mean, there aren't any spectres or anything involved in that; everyone pretty much chooses it for themselves, but.
[ There's some rustling up in the leaves, and then she hops back down from the tree with the net in hand. ]
If that's what they do to people, then I really want to do whatever I can to stop it.
[ Even if it's just attempting stupid jar traps. ]
... Well, now that you mention it, there is a similar phenomenon where I'm from. I know of a country with no name, where its citizens voluntarily give up their emotions, believing them to be the source of evil.
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Though even that wasn't quite as... disconcerting as what happened today.
Really? Ugh, I would have hoped my world was the only one that was that messed up... It was pretty much the norm there. Go to the capital and devote your life to the goddess, get a number instead of a name, never have to worry about anything again. People like us who rejected all that were the weird ones.
[ It's not quite the same thing, but seems like the results are probably pretty similar anyway.
Hm. ]
I dunno, you think it's anything like that here? The "source of evil" thing? Take someone who's proven to do bad things and purge it out of 'em?
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... Indeed. Something like this is certainly far outside my area of expertise.
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[ The net disappears up into the branches as she gathers it up. ]
Seeing that guy all empty like that all of a sudden, it kind of reminded me of people back home. I mean, there aren't any spectres or anything involved in that; everyone pretty much chooses it for themselves, but.
[ There's some rustling up in the leaves, and then she hops back down from the tree with the net in hand. ]
If that's what they do to people, then I really want to do whatever I can to stop it.
[ Even if it's just attempting stupid jar traps. ]
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[ a shiver runs down his spine at that thought ]
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[...]
Though even that wasn't quite as... disconcerting as what happened today.
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[ It's not quite the same thing, but seems like the results are probably pretty similar anyway.
Hm. ]
I dunno, you think it's anything like that here? The "source of evil" thing? Take someone who's proven to do bad things and purge it out of 'em?
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But that'd mean the entire city's adults had been doing bad, right?
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[...]
It's not out of the question, albeit a somewhat horrifying thought.