Of course not. I'd like to leave this game with as few casualties on my part, even if it means finding a way to protect my followers despite what they may do.
[There's a light laugh even if that's not even remotely funny. Anyway.]
Ruin, Ambition...Indulgence may, though it's hard to say. Cunning, I believe, would try to get even, as would Disorder. Justice I believe would be sad, and though I don't believe he'd say it, I suspect Merriment would be as well, depending.
Love would be hurt, but Love has been hurt before that way. [That's not for Beauty to disclose but there it is!] I believe the rest of us would be understanding, as we believe in your free will above all else. Lady Love as well.
I'm not sure many of us were religious before ascending either. [Like. Just saying.] Our pantheon runs differently as I'm sure you've noticed. Without free will, you wouldn't be able to change alliances either. Seems really silly otherwise.
Ruin is a sore loser. [Bluntly.] The trouble with free will is it means people also have the free will and capability to hurt others. In that sense, I wish we had tightened up our rules a bit.
A very fair point. [There's a sound that's similar to one of agreement.] As are Disorder and Ambition, though I believe all of us have different feelings on the idea of losing. Some of us are more likely to act out than others is all.
You're the boy who's spoken to everyone so far, aren't you? Surely you have first impressions already.
It's a why and not a what? [To Beauty, the reasons behind a lie and the kind of lie it was are two different things and they're curious how Ray views them.]
Did they lie to me with malicious intentions? Out of a misguided to desire to protect me? Or to protect themselves—or someone else?
I wouldn't be pleased in any case, but what I'm concerned with, first and foremost, is this: if they're my enemy. A threat. That's where I should proceed from.
[There's a very solemn nod as Beauty takes this seriously.]
A very interesting strategy. [It's mumbled, but alas.] I can assure you, at least, there are some of us who won't lie to you. Though as weeks proceed I fear that people will begin holding the cards much closer to the chest, so to speak.
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Ruin, Ambition...Indulgence may, though it's hard to say. Cunning, I believe, would try to get even, as would Disorder. Justice I believe would be sad, and though I don't believe he'd say it, I suspect Merriment would be as well, depending.
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About the ones I expected, then. So you, Love, Fortune, Piety, and Sincerity would be relative okay with it?
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Isn't that most important? [Free will.]
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The game started with your own free will in agreeing to come here. Why should that be taken away now that you're here?
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Cunning's also a sore loser, I take it.
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You're the boy who's spoken to everyone so far, aren't you? Surely you have first impressions already.
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[buttheads]
And I do, but I like to check things against what others have to say.
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And if the opinions conflict? What then?
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Then at best, it's a matter of conflicting beliefs or a misunderstanding somewhere. At worst, someone is lying.
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Depends on why they lied.
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I wouldn't be pleased in any case, but what I'm concerned with, first and foremost, is this: if they're my enemy. A threat. That's where I should proceed from.
[especially since ray is a dirty liar himself.]
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A very interesting strategy. [It's mumbled, but alas.] I can assure you, at least, there are some of us who won't lie to you. Though as weeks proceed I fear that people will begin holding the cards much closer to the chest, so to speak.
Do you have people you can trust here?
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