placation: placation (art: frkdlsch_draws) - dns (i have only two emotions:)
Takuto Maruki ☼ COUNCILLOR ([personal profile] placation) wrote in [personal profile] syncopathic 2024-07-22 08:43 pm (UTC)

loads up the drops page and stares directly at u

A moral victory, huh.

[ If cognitive psience makes even the slightest positive difference in the world because of his work, then it could be considered a moral victory if he dies because of it.

........... is what he would think if he didn't have Akechi in his ear constantly telling him that any power, no matter how innocuous at first, ultimately goes rotten. To say nothing of what he and Eren have discussed.

Why he's turning to Dito at this juncture is a true mystery to Maruki. Maybe hearing from someone so violently different from him is a strange sort of relief.
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I suppose I'm thinking of battles in a more metaphorical sense, but everything you've said about literal ones still applies. It's best to go into any adversarial situation without expectations of success. That's ego, and ego can get you killed quickly.

I'd assume, anyway.

You're very cavalier about your own death, though!

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