... first impressions are hard, I think. They matter a lot to me, since sometimes that can set the tone of what people think of you. But you've been good, and you've been trying to win while also not making things worse for others at the same time. You were vulnerable in front of a lot of people too so.... It's okay. You're not doing a bad job.
[that's just what he thinks though, but since it's true he'll say it,,]
Sure - but what if someone does things right, but they hurt people really violently to get there? That's what Newt did, right? Would he still be rewarded in your world?
[he pauses because - ] I'm not trying to say ambition is bad. I guess I'm just a little scared of what ambitious people who don't care about others can do. Some ambitious people would leave me in the dust, no matter how hard I worked.
What? No. Of course not. That guy was an utterly ridiculous idiot.
[...like, she won't say that she's not glad Ruin is out of the competition, but,]
Did you know, he wanted to join my team in the end? But I told him to go to Disorder that week, because she needed more and I'd already convinced some people to go to Cunning. And then he went and killed people while he was one of hers. That's not doing things right at all.
We can't send you home until everyone's had a chance to host and the winner's been decided.
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But we also can't force any of you to keep playing the game the way you have been, you know. We can offer you things in exchange for it, but we can't make you guys keep killing. If no one died, we wouldn't have to have a trial. It would just be a numbers game.
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[that's just what he thinks though, but since it's true he'll say it,,]
Sure - but what if someone does things right, but they hurt people really violently to get there? That's what Newt did, right? Would he still be rewarded in your world?
[he pauses because - ] I'm not trying to say ambition is bad. I guess I'm just a little scared of what ambitious people who don't care about others can do. Some ambitious people would leave me in the dust, no matter how hard I worked.
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[...like, she won't say that she's not glad Ruin is out of the competition, but,]
Did you know, he wanted to join my team in the end? But I told him to go to Disorder that week, because she needed more and I'd already convinced some people to go to Cunning. And then he went and killed people while he was one of hers. That's not doing things right at all.
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[killing and getting caught????]
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Right... I figured that might be a little bit of an unpleasant wake-up call.
... I'm sorry you had to find out this way.
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[she hesitates.]
You're from... Tokyo, aren't you? ...how much do you know about Paris?
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[senri tilts his head]
What is it like... for you?
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But Ladybug always stops him. At the end of the day... she brings them back. Just like they were before all of it.
I thought this was going to be like that... but it's not. It hurts more.
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he pauses for a second, before nodding]
... Mm. Yeah. I can get why you'd think it could be like... that.
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It's okay. I don't think any of us were entirely aware of what we were getting into - not to this extent.
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I'd take it all back if I could.
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There's no way to stop the game though... is there? We have to see it through to the end.
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But we also can't force any of you to keep playing the game the way you have been, you know. We can offer you things in exchange for it, but we can't make you guys keep killing. If no one died, we wouldn't have to have a trial. It would just be a numbers game.
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ray's still alive okay]
... okay.
Then I'll try to see if I can try to get more people to play like that. It's... not any easier for the rest of us, to have to endure losing people.
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As long as nothing... ridiculous happens, it should be possible.