with knowledge comes great responsibility

[anythingforyou]

[What an absolute ordeal all of that was.

Today was certainly one hell of a day, that's for sure; they've managed to take care of another Guardian and gain it's trust (or at the very least, something resembling it), they managed to find Candice and manage to...well, maybe not get her back in a state that's altogether wanted, but ensure they managed to get her at least into a place where she could possibly regain herself. It will likely be a process, as such things are, but they've done their best, and they should have no regrets.

The center is definitely going to be a welcome reprieve for all of their suffering, at the very least. The Kompot is certainly more than enough to likely get everyone warmed back up and in a stable condition, along with the copious amount of blankets the locals have provided. They've got the time to rest and get ready for their next adventure.

Rest well, ye merry band of travelers. You've earned it.]

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[bloodspent]

[Holy shit, no.]

I should be pissed at him for using people like that. [Because Pokémon are people here.] Fuck knows he's done enough to warrant it. But I...dunno, I keep wanting to hope it's more complicated than that and he's not some kind of unfathomably evil asshole.

Even if it is, we're gonna kill him. I'm pretty sure that's the one way this can end, and I'm okay with that. I'll do it myself if I have to, I don't give a fuck. But I can't be as pissed at him as I want to be, and that's annoying the fuck out of me.

[...]

God, do you ever wonder what the fuck this place is doing to you, because I swear to god this wouldn't have been half that stupid if I were back home.

[anythingforyou]

[...Okay, that. That gets a real goddamn pause out of Camilla, but to her credit, she listens. If she tilts her head sideways and acts like a person with halfway functioning empathy, maybe she can understand it. It's...honestly, she's pretty sure this is reminding her of goddamn Xander at this point; the stubborn, loyal, "maybe if I wish hard enough and do all of this stupid shit Dad will be back to normal" side, but...

It's a lot more realistic than she was expecting, and she's kind of glad that she's still covering her mouth a bit--mostly to just kind of. Politely not act like the idea of this disgusts her, that he could have any sort of sympathetic qualities, because she swears to god if that man proves to be sympathetic in any regard that she's gonna go above Cynthia's head just to push him off a cliff. Really, it should be so simple, and it's...probably a little clear that while she's listening, she doesn't quite get some of it?]

...Believe me, I wonder on a daily basis why I just haven't killed some of the people we've come across on sight. This place has a way of making people soft.

[She. She starts with that because dude, that there is a Mood. Give her a second to breathe here, this is a lot to unpack.]

You really do say the most confusing things sometimes. [...] I can't understand that sort of optimism, if it could even be called that. I almost wish I could, but...you want to know that he's actually human deep down. Is that it, perhaps?

[She's. She's trying. She'll tackle the other part in a bit but she's honestly trying to wrap her head around why any of this.]

[bloodspent]

He...

[...Mnngh.]

You know how I told you that my dad was never around, but I heard that he was a shitty person? From what I know about both of them, he and Cyrus have a lot of overlap in the shitty-person department. So he kind of...reminds me of my dad, I guess, and I'm not really a reasonable person about my dad's bullshit.

[...It is not quite Xander but it's sort of Xander. More reasonable and less blindly loyal Xander?]

[anythingforyou]

[...said, just very slightly under her breath with something resembling a smile]

Gods help me, you really are like him...

[Okay, this is. She can actually work a little better under these conditions. Like, it's still fucking stupid, but it's a stupid she can work with because it's stupid faith and optimism and also kind of her brother's idiot thought process but not blind to the fact that the fucker gotta go.]

...Alright, that's a tad more understandable. And it's not unreasonable to want such a thing, to know that he's more than the reprehensible human being that everyone says he is, and that history will likely make him out to be. If it helps you make peace with such things, then I don't see anything wrong with it.

[Like. Quite frankly, she's just kind of saying "it's okay man, i ain't gonna judge", and she's kind of a giant projector in her own goddamn right, so hey. Misery, company, etc.]

As long as you're reasonable about the fact that he needs to go, then quite frankly, you're leagues above Cynthia, and that's...perhaps not saying much, but I'm willing to believe that you're being reasonable about it.

[bloodspent]

[You're the best, Camilla.]

Trust me, it's like I said. I could kill Cyrus myself if I had to.

[He does sound like he means it.]

I'm not gonna do anything to dissuade that, because he needs to be gone.

[anythingforyou]

Good; I do have faith in your abilities, of course. But I do hope you realize that you absolutely aren't doing that all by yourself.

[...because one, please don't go up to the man with a full Ubers metagame team and decide that a Knife type move is gonna be the most effective, since that's. Really about all we have.

And two, excuse you, you aren't having all of the fun]

[bloodspent]

Well, yeah, at this point I'd be kinda pissed if I had to.

[Y'ALL DON'T SHUT UP ABOUT THE GO FIGHT WIN BULLSHIT, YOU'D BETTER STEP UP AND PUNCH GOD]

[anythingforyou]

[This is exceedingly fair, and honestly, it gets Camilla to chuckle.]

I'm simply saying to save some of the fun for the others. I imagine they'll want a shot or three at him when we're strong enough.