[7rings] catchall for mahito

[shiftingwinds]

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[touchups]

Yeah, that's true...

[Ah, murder robot. What a great example of things humanity creates that represents the worst of them.]

Robots aren't really my expertise or anything so it's not like I can say one way or another what seems more real, y'know? But I guess he'd have to make choices on his own if he ended up here in the first place.

[shiftingwinds]

Right... they don't have them where I'm from at all, so... I don't know. He seemed like the type to be able to make his own choices, no matter what he's made of. And pretty much everything else here, that's been about what we ourselves choose to do, right?

[she shrugs]

So... I don't know. The idea that he was forced into it somehow doesn't seem right to me. Maybe he interpreted "Well, I can't stop you from killing if you choose too" to mean he ought to do it.

[touchups]

Nah, if he has autonomy to begin with, he probably decided from the second he got here that he was gonna try culling our numbers.

[HE SAYS, HOLDING HIS HANDS UP. Look... Look. If they're going to say murderbot can choose to murder at all, they might as well just go the whole way. Anyway, curiously, almost as an afterthought:]

I wonder if they have souls...

[Machines in general. Wild concepts from distant futures.]

[shiftingwinds]

...

[hm.]

If he was enough of a sentient being to agree to come here... probably, right?

[touchups]

Probably...

[There's a soft little sound, like a sigh.]

Too bad I can't see it for myself.

[HIS STOLEN SOUL EYES!!! And also their dead murder robot... He'll never meet another again (until he inevitably fucking dies and gets trapped in the graveyard with one).]

[shiftingwinds]

...can you, normally?

[BITCH, NO. FLEA FOR ENDGAME.]

[touchups]

[HAHA!!! :)]

Oh! Yeah, I can. That's how I know what comes first, between the soul and body.

[It wasn't just random philosophical waxings of a weirdo!]

[shiftingwinds]

I see - it must be strange not to see it, here...

[touchups]

[There's a brief pause and then a little quirking smile, since Shi Qingxuan is the first person to pick up on that.]

Yeah. Kinda like losing any other sense, you know?

[shiftingwinds]

Aaah... that's not an experience I've had, but I can imagine it must be disorienting.

[touchups]

Yup! It's really annoying. Trials would be way easier if I could still see them too, since I can tell when someone's not being honest.

[HIS MAGIC LIE DETECTING SOUL EYES.]

[shiftingwinds]

Really? What a useful skill!

[...she's kinda jealous]

[touchups]

Right? It comes in handy all the time! Never thought I'd be wishing I could use it for something like this, though.

[THEIR TRIALS...]

[shiftingwinds]

If I could do something like that, it would make my job back home much easier!

[she's jealous...]

Aaah... I guess it would make things too uneven here, though.

[touchups]

Yeah, it definitely wouldn't be fair. ...Well, I mean. Not like anything else is.

[GIVE HIM HIS CHEATING EYES, DAMN!!]

I'm kind of surprised you can't, though! Gods do all sorts of things in the stories.

[shiftingwinds]

I'm the god of the winds, not the god of liars! We all have our specialties.

[touchups]

Ooh... Wow. There must be tons of you guys, then! [...] Is there an actual god of liars?

[shiftingwinds]

[looks at tgcf. i mean, probably.]

Well, not officially, but there might be someone who's considered one. We have a god who's officially a martial god, but he's also sometimes called the God of Love because he can't stop sleeping with beautiful women.

[touchups]

Hm...

[The more he hears about gods the more he's like "these are all literally just humans with extra powers". All gods are just the same! Damn!!]

Sounds like a pretty complex system!

[shiftingwinds]

[looks at tgcf again. i mean........ probably.]

Ahaha... in a way it is, and in a way it's pretty simple!

[touchups]

Where does the simple part of it come in?

[IT ALL LOOKS WILD TO HIM.]

[shiftingwinds]

Once you know who does what, it's really easy to keep track of!

[touchups]

Ah... If it's about having a good memory, it'd still be complicated for me.

[RANDY HIS MEMORY. He still doesn't remember everyone's names here...]

[shiftingwinds]

Eh? Really?

[touchups]

I have trouble keeping track of stuff...

[HIS BRAINCELL.]