[Ah... that would make sense, wouldn't it? It seems so obvious, now that she's pointed it out. He feels a little silly for not realizing it on his own, especially after Thursday.]
I don't even want to call it that, really. That's not what an execution is supposed to be.
[ She can guess, but Roxana doesn't think there is any one way for an execution to be. There are people out there who are cruel enough to draw it out like the Prism apparently did. ]
Do you think everyone deserves an honorable death, Yasusada?
[ Roxana thinks that execution was a horrible mockery and that it wasn't what Kazuma deserved in the slightest, but it's something she wouldn't mind hearing a sword's perspective on. ]
Mmm... I've never really thought about it. "Deserve" or "don't deserve"... that's a really human thing, you know?
[And Yasusada is young, for a sword--young, and with a very narrow focus. He isn't much for large, philosophical musings.]
But for us, I think... killing is a personal thing. Or, it should be. We can't cut down our enemies without being close enough to see their faces. I know things changed a lot with guns, but... [But acknowledging the advancements of technology doesn't mean he likes them.]
When people die in other ways, especially outside of battle... I don't like it very much.
[ There is just something about the swords here that strike an odd chord with her. It's not a bad one, but she isn't taking the time to examine it now.
She pats him on the head. ]
I like talking to to you, Yasusada. Killing isn't something I can avoid back home, but I don't go about it like how today went.
In some ways, I think I like how you think more than how most humans do.
[Aww, Roxana. He smiles a little, accepting the head pat.]
It's the same for us too. We're weapons, so we're made to kill--but it's never like this.
[Even the public executions he knows of, to the extent that they were performative, weren't done the way this one was. Those were meant to make a statement--this was just a grotesque show, as far as he can tell.]
Yes, I think so too. I believe Kazuma, when he said he did what he could for Ryunosuke.
[Yasusada didn't know him very well, but it was clear how much value he placed on the honor of his sword. Regardless of what his mental state might've been, he doesn't think Kazuma would've discarded those values.
He sighs, though.]
I don't know what will happen if it affects someone who doesn't think that way, though.
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[ She knows very little of Kazuma or his past, but the way he reacted, it seemed tailored to cause him as much suffering before death. ]
It was a cruel execution.
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I don't even want to call it that, really. That's not what an execution is supposed to be.
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[ She can guess, but Roxana doesn't think there is any one way for an execution to be. There are people out there who are cruel enough to draw it out like the Prism apparently did. ]
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[It doesn't make it easy, but least it's not... whatever that was.]
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[ Roxana thinks that execution was a horrible mockery and that it wasn't what Kazuma deserved in the slightest, but it's something she wouldn't mind hearing a sword's perspective on. ]
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[And Yasusada is young, for a sword--young, and with a very narrow focus. He isn't much for large, philosophical musings.]
But for us, I think... killing is a personal thing. Or, it should be. We can't cut down our enemies without being close enough to see their faces. I know things changed a lot with guns, but... [But acknowledging the advancements of technology doesn't mean he likes them.]
When people die in other ways, especially outside of battle... I don't like it very much.
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She pats him on the head. ]
I like talking to to you, Yasusada. Killing isn't something I can avoid back home, but I don't go about it like how today went.
In some ways, I think I like how you think more than how most humans do.
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It's the same for us too. We're weapons, so we're made to kill--but it's never like this.
[Even the public executions he knows of, to the extent that they were performative, weren't done the way this one was. Those were meant to make a statement--this was just a grotesque show, as far as he can tell.]
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[ Not that it's always easy or possible to be straightforward, but it's a more ideal situation. As ideal as anything involving murder is, anyway. ]
But I suppose the Prism doesn't care for anything like that.
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[Yasusada didn't know him very well, but it was clear how much value he placed on the honor of his sword. Regardless of what his mental state might've been, he doesn't think Kazuma would've discarded those values.
He sighs, though.]
I don't know what will happen if it affects someone who doesn't think that way, though.
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[ She has no idea who or how many it'll affect, but the odds are great that someone with fewer scruple can be led to murder. ]
And with the way things are set up, it makes us more reactionary than preventative.
[ She is trying to think of ways that could stymie the possible damage, but i, ara, am head empty every day after work. ]