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[inkfire]

I don't know much about this place or how these things work, but there was talk about leaving a while ago, and now we're staying for a bit, but we're gonna leave eventually. After all those smart people figure out how to cure all these folks.



We're taking one of those robots with us, right? Maybe a few? They look like they'd be useful.
Maybe of the dragons, too. That one lady has a dragon, so it wouldn't be that weird.

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Is it tragedy to leave dragons here that might want to travel?

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They have roots. A home.

You travel to yours. You grasp the calling.

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And traveling away from my home helped.

Home isn't always a place.

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Your aim is to emancipate dragons.



( And not to take any kind of advantage. Ever. At all. )

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Yes, of course. A noble cause.

[ maybe he'd like to go flying some time, is that so bad? ]

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Even liars must improve skill.

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You haven't seen me trying, Senior.

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( Se........... nior. )

Apply yourself with dignity.

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[ that's what he is! ]

Doesn't that get boring?

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Integrity? Morality? Composure?

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Useful but boring.

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Ethics bore you.

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They go over my head. Have you ever heard two philosophers talking? They make no sense.

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You lack inner righteousness?

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Do I believe in helping those who can't help themselves? Sure. But do I care about authority figures maintaining their power to continue perpetuating whatever bullshit they have planned? Not so much.

Not sure if that counts as righteous or not.

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You speak not of ethics, but sovereignty.

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What's the difference?

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One is right of conscience. The other, right of rule.

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Does the difference matter, when it involves people?

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Black and white are not so starkly drawn.

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So some people in power might not be terrible, is that what you're saying?

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And compromise is unavoidable in rule.

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Some compromises shouldn't be, though.

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May you forever stand with justice and live with no regrets.

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Too late for that, Senior. But others have honored that.