Hahahah 
Typical. Whatever you say, rational one. Iām gonna stay tho. Just not next to thisā¦ thing)
Oh, is this why you decided to focus on Ms. Kim, Ms. Adovic?
Well, it is an easy way to look reasonable, especially while youāre saying something popular in certain circles. Even if the consequences are apt to be completely awful.
I understand that our conversation with Ms. Kim could have been hard to keep track of. But she repeatedly called actions of certain freedom fighters a dishonorable crime. I figured, I have the right to say what I think of it.
In the sense that nobody can stop you, sure you do. Itās the IGS. You can say what you like.
But, hereās the thing.
She isnāt, though. Sheās a strong Templis sympathizer and Heth loyalist, about as typical of the State as Mr. Nauplius is of the Empire.
And I expect youāre aware of that by now.
Well, I respect Heth as well. But the rest of the things you mention - I honestly donāt know what they mean.
It means the only reason I canāt accuse you of setting up a straw man is because Ms. Kim actually is out there, right where youāre pointing your fire, believing every last thing that escapes her lips. Sheās the kind of Templis true-believer the actual Templis Dragonaurs (the baseliner terrorists who bombed Nouvelle Rouvenor and started the Waschi Uprising, not the eggers) would want nothing to do with.
If you want to actually talk international politics and public policy, maybe try someone who isnāt quite such an outlier?
Hm. Yea, yeāre rite. I should have just said āā ā ā ā you for calling Sanmatar Shakor a criminal, like heās some street muggerā rather than trying that ātake a walk in my shoesā shite. Wouldāve been a lot shorter and healthier of a rantā¦ Probably
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Itās almost like I warned youā¦
Enough of this crap.
I thought youād do better and learn on your mistakes after our last conflict, but it seems like you arenāt wise enough to step on the same rake again and still prefer to publically insult and lie about other people on public media.
But I wonāt be unreasonable and will let you this time - and that will be the last one - to recover your honor after such outrageous offensive stupidity you have shown.
For a public defamation and libel in this media I challenge you to duel. Pick your weapon.
Iād enjoy the opportunity, Ms. Kim. I remember our last very fondly.
Sadly Iām forbidden to give you satisfaction; we left a bit of a mess last time, and the Societyās banned dueling. I apologize, but my duty must come first.
You are just pathetic and pitiful person. You violate the rules on one hand, but when youāre called to answer for your violation you hide under other rules instead of defending your honor.
Shame on you, coward.
Hahaha. Well, Iāll do this much.
If the day comes when the Society permits, or when I leave the Societyās service, you will have your satisfaction. Knives, as before.
On my honor, I swear it.
You canāt swear on your Honor if your Honor is questioned and you refuse to defend it.
If you will show your desire to break the rules as you broke ones when you began defaming me, or if you show your desire to leave the organization to defend your honor, then I believe you.
Until then itās just empty vibration of the air and petty excuses for cowardice.
I know you remember my blood smeared on your cheek, Ms. Kim. I expect you remember what else you were feeling. One blade in my throat, another in your guts. The look on your face: itās only through the miracle of modern medicine that I am privileged to remember it.
I lost consciousness first. You got to enjoy being mortally wounded much longer than I.
So, then, did you win? And do you remember these events as fondly as I do?
Are you really going to tarnish that time by naming me coward?
Well, it doesnāt matter. Iāve given my oath.
The Directrix requires I relive that experience we shared only in memory. But it may be I wonāt serve her forever. If the time comes, I promise Iāll give you what youāve demanded of me.
Whether you want it, then, or not.
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People are so violent these days.
Do I look like some sort of dumbass like Arrendis who does all the stupid crap just to claim āto winā?
The goal of the duel is defending the Honor, you defended yours, I defended mine. I was satisfied with that.
I judge you by your actions now, not then. The time flows and everything changes, what was true in the past might not be true in the future. I even considered Mantel as a respectable soldier before he disgraced and dishonored himself, should I shoot myself because I treated him back then with respect?
If the dishonor for breaking that oath will be too large, you can take your own life with the same knifeā¦ if you manage to defeat me in that duel.
That would be the most honorable course of action.
Is it unfair? Yes. I could have said that the life is unfair, but the thing is, you came to this situation with your own choices and youāll get out of it again with only your choices.
Enough. I see you, Ms. Kim.
I recognize your wounds. I recognize your struggling dignity. I recognize your humanity.
They wonāt save you from me. No one elseās does; why would you be special? Why would any of us?
Iāll see you, perhaps, in time. In the meantime, dream pleasantly.
I shall.
What if a certain tribal scum would fight on Ms. Jennethās behalf? If she doesna mind herself, of course.
She said what she said explaining certain things to me, so I kinda feel involved.
Would that course of action fit within your concept of honor, which concept Iāve just recently described as something I wouldnāt want to stand next to?
From all the things in our Universe, only the Honor is personal. Even your life can belong to others, but Honor belongs to nobody else but you. If you need someone else to defend your Honor, then you donāt deserve it in the first place.
Honorable people answer for their actions themselves, they donāt use others as meatshields for that.
Ah, my gallant would-be champion!
Iām afraid this is personal between myself and Ms. Kim, and I wonāt miss an opportunity to personally and physically be the source of her suffering. That look on her face is just too precious to outsource to another.
Thank you, but Iām more than happy to suffer a bit to remind her just how much worse the world can become.
When opportunity allows, at least.