4 MORE DAYS WHOOOOO!!!

[notblackwesker]

Yes, mun. It's almost here. I know.

And I trust that you have enough willpower to avoid any spoilers from now until the game's release, at least....

[Narrowing his eyes.] ....Right?

.......

[A grimace.] Just stay focused. -Or divert your attention elsewhere, if you must.

There's no need to break your resolve now that you're so close to attaining what you've been waiting over 10 years for.

Giving in to temptation is for the weak.

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Totally!!

[notblackwesker]

[Waving his hand dismissively.]

I don't need your sympathy.

[WAY TO BE A DICK, RAVEN] It's her own damn loss.

-And frankly, I don't care whether she gets as much of a kick out of playing it now that she's gone and spoiled herself or not. It's just the thought of playing puppet to someone with such weak willpower that irritates me.

[harakickyourass]

So you would readily accept the strings of a strong-willed puppeteer?

[notblackwesker]

[Oh well would you look at that; Yoshimitsu asked a question for which Raven has no snappy or argumentative response! There's a short pause, if only because the ninja knows full well that he already has.]

[But when Raven speaks again, he does so with absolute certainty.]

If it served a purpose worthy of my acceptance.

[harakickyourass]

[SUCCESSI mean that Yoshimitsu takes notice of that silence, and his own answer is surprisingly un-smug.]

Some say a ninja can do nothing but serve whatever master that will have them. That they are nothing but potential threats to be eliminated on their own. That kind of thinking lead to the slaughter of the first Yoshimitsus clan, and thus I can understand your answer. One serves the master which can protect you and yours.

[notblackwesker]

Self-preservation doesn't concern me as much as preservation of the way things should be; the natural order and balance of this world.

Personal freedom is merely one of many sacrifices necessary for any ninja dedicated to this goal. Anyone who thinks otherwise is unworthy of this profession.

[harakickyourass]

Hn. I said I understand it. I didn't say I agreed, for I do think otherwise. In fact... your 'otherwise' is what my entire clan is based upon.

'Natural order' and 'balance of the world' are fine concepts, but who defines what they mean? Who sets the ironclad rule of what is and is not natural? To some, it would be the natural order to allow Oda Nobunaga to get away unpunished with his wanton slaughter of whomever opposed him, for what right did a clan of immigrant peasants, thieves and spies have to go against a highborn warlord?