she's correct though because they do growl even at the movement backwards, because something with such a horrible power over others which it sees fit to use for their own benefit is something they ought to - ought to - attack hurt kill raze crush destroy tear apart rip to pieces ruin shatter dismantle cast into oblivion
okay.
no.
no.
they need to calm down. not because it's what should be done, or what has to be done, but because they want to. because they don't want to hurt Miaoshan. also, this is a child? this is a child.
what would they have done when they were Aria? ]
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Please forgive this beast for saying so, but you are correct. Generally...generally one oughtn't exert such influence over another unless given express permission to do so, even if doing so is believed to have a positive effect. And in particular, this beast is prone to uncontrollable destructive outbursts upon being subject to such things, especially in the context of being made to restrain itself for what is seen as its own good.
This beast...this beast knows that it has no right to ask this of you, and that it should not speak against such things if indeed they are necessary, but nonetheless...it would like to request that you never under any circumstances do such a thing to it again without its consent. Regardless of your decision, thank you always for your mercies.
The little girl kind of goes blank? Like she ran out of emotions. Weird.
"...I thought you were like me, but maybe you're more like Iris... although, she always has a lot of self-control, I guess."
She stands oddly still. "I guess since you're asking, that's fine. You are a Beast, then? I didn't think so, but people usually don't notice me and you do taste a little like one."
Self-control is not a skill this beast is particularly possessed of. Nonetheless, it abhors being collared or leashed. And - to answer your question, yes. This beast exists for the purpose of the hunt, and so death and destruction are the natural result of its existence.
Had those who seek to control it wanted otherwise, they oughtn't have made it this way in the first place.
She pauses, looking kind of contemplative. "I guess that seems kind of like me. I don't really know how to do anything other than hunt. People tried to teach me to be good, but I don't think I'm very good."
"Good" is itself a collar, so there's no real reason for you to abide by it if you don't want to.
[ talking to kids about the philosophy of morality and murder really clears the head. they stand up, steadying themself against the shelf. ]
If hunting is all you know how to do, then hunting is all you can be expected to do. If you wish for anything else, then that is for you to pursue. But so long as your prey is treated with love, dignity and kindness, no creature has any right to complain about how you conduct yourself - they have only the right to fight you and save themselves if they so wish.
"Iris and Grace really wanted me to be good... especially Iris. I don't really know what... dignity is? I mean, I play tricks on people sometimes but mostly I just eat them. Or, I guess I eat Beasts now, but same thing. Is that kind?"
Dignity is to treat a thing as it is and not as you wish it to be. To not make assumptions of it when you do not know what it is, and to allow it that which it needs to be as it is.
Kindness is to do no undue harm. If you hunt something, why cause it suffering when you do so? That disrespects the hunt and sullies your own soul by making a mockery of love. Likewise, to be kind one should allow those around oneself to do as they will, unless they feel so strongly about the act that they are willing to contest it with either their strength or their wits.
A world where everyone is kind and respects the dignity of others, where any act is one of love, is a world where no individual holds any power of the other and the only suffering is that brought upon those who live is the fault of the tyranny of life itself.
"To treat a thing as it is... and not as I wish it to be. I think I understand that. I don't know if I know that much about love, but... I think that understands the rest."
She seems like she's thinking this over very seriously. This is BRAND NEW INFORMATION.
"She talks like Grace is her mom, but she has a different mom who she left behind. Or got taken away from? I don't really get it. I didn't know her for that long, either. She was just really sad."
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"Um. Are you upset? I didn't want you to be upset and also I was hungry and you seemed really cool."
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[ oh.
I guess they do have to care about the weird ghost child. okay. okay. okay okayokayokayokayokayo ]
You were responsible for that?
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"I'm sorry! That was bad, right? Iris always tells me that I shouldn't and I should just ask her—"
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she's correct though because they do growl even at the movement backwards, because something with such a horrible power over others which it sees fit to use for their own benefit is something they ought to - ought to - attack hurt kill raze crush destroy tear apart rip to pieces ruin shatter dismantle cast into oblivion
okay.
no.
no.
they need to calm down. not because it's what should be done, or what has to be done, but because they want to. because they don't want to hurt Miaoshan. also, this is a child? this is a child.
what would they have done when they were Aria? ]
...
Please forgive this beast for saying so, but you are correct. Generally...generally one oughtn't exert such influence over another unless given express permission to do so, even if doing so is believed to have a positive effect. And in particular, this beast is prone to uncontrollable destructive outbursts upon being subject to such things, especially in the context of being made to restrain itself for what is seen as its own good.
This beast...this beast knows that it has no right to ask this of you, and that it should not speak against such things if indeed they are necessary, but nonetheless...it would like to request that you never under any circumstances do such a thing to it again without its consent. Regardless of your decision, thank you always for your mercies.
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"...I thought you were like me, but maybe you're more like Iris... although, she always has a lot of self-control, I guess."
She stands oddly still. "I guess since you're asking, that's fine. You are a Beast, then? I didn't think so, but people usually don't notice me and you do taste a little like one."
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Self-control is not a skill this beast is particularly possessed of. Nonetheless, it abhors being collared or leashed. And - to answer your question, yes. This beast exists for the purpose of the hunt, and so death and destruction are the natural result of its existence.
Had those who seek to control it wanted otherwise, they oughtn't have made it this way in the first place.
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She pauses, looking kind of contemplative. "I guess that seems kind of like me. I don't really know how to do anything other than hunt. People tried to teach me to be good, but I don't think I'm very good."
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[ talking to kids about the philosophy of morality and murder really clears the head. they stand up, steadying themself against the shelf. ]
If hunting is all you know how to do, then hunting is all you can be expected to do. If you wish for anything else, then that is for you to pursue. But so long as your prey is treated with love, dignity and kindness, no creature has any right to complain about how you conduct yourself - they have only the right to fight you and save themselves if they so wish.
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Kindness is to do no undue harm. If you hunt something, why cause it suffering when you do so? That disrespects the hunt and sullies your own soul by making a mockery of love. Likewise, to be kind one should allow those around oneself to do as they will, unless they feel so strongly about the act that they are willing to contest it with either their strength or their wits.
A world where everyone is kind and respects the dignity of others, where any act is one of love, is a world where no individual holds any power of the other and the only suffering is that brought upon those who live is the fault of the tyranny of life itself.
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She seems like she's thinking this over very seriously. This is BRAND NEW INFORMATION.
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[ a pause, and then: ]
You know Grace and Iris?
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"She talks like Grace is her mom, but she has a different mom who she left behind. Or got taken away from? I don't really get it. I didn't know her for that long, either. She was just really sad."
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Would you like to accompany this beast while it does more..."research"? You seemed to have been interested in its presence, for whatever reason.
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Actually this might be Miaoshan from when she went by that name?
"Teach me more things, all right?"
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Ah. Well, alright. This beast isn't very good at teaching much besides the principles of Our Lady's love, but it will do its best.
[ and with that they are moving on. ]
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Also she wants to hold your hand.
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normally they wouldn't really want to but it's Miaoshan (maybe?) so it's okay. ]
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