[The feed cuts on at an odd angle, but it's obviously accidental, the product of the tricky spirits that sometimes haunt the Fansuwoth. But what makes it so obvious is that Kiyoha is with a group of well dressed, traditional men, and one is sitting across the table from her. He seems well on his way to completely smashed.]My, my, danna-san, are you
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That's an interesting game, Kiyoha-san. You seem quite skilled at it too.
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It's a popular game with clients, so I've been playing it since I was a little girl. It's easy when you're sober.
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[His voice is still quite quiet. He seems to be settled in his room reading.]
How have things been for you?
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[Said bluntly, but not without understanding. And while he's much more content now than he's been in a while, there's still that bone-deep dislike of this work.]
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[Then he looks thoughtful.] I don't think most of us that are discontent actually object to most of the work we must do--after all, I've been paid for far more grisly things than silly games and maintaining a smile ever since I was a child--but the rest of what we're expected to do...
If they wanted true workers, they should have taken us before academy age. Knowing nothing different, why would we complain then? It makes me wonder what they really want from us.
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[She laughs] But that's another mystery of this floating world that I doubt I'll ever understand. Their decisions are their own, and apparently it makes money after all.
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[He rubs his thumb over his forehead, as if remembering something.] For every missing-nin, there are scores of those who remain loyal, no matter how terrible the deeds they must do and the lies they're mired in. Even when they know how corrupt it all is. The simplest reason is that most of us have weapons in our hands as soon as we can hold them without killing ourselves, if not sooner. Knowing nothing else makes it so very hard to take that last step and just rebel, just leave.
[And he shakes his head.] But that's an uncomfortable topic, eh? It does make money for them, though that's another thing I will probably never understand.
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[A smile] But it's probably similar also in that without that world, there would be nothing else for us.
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[Dryly.] Maybe if I didn't despise lies so much I'd be better at this. Just pretend it was a strange mission and lie my way through it...
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[she smiles] But I hate lies as well. Well, petty lies. Those are the ones that I mostly know.
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[He shrugs] But if my wish is granted, maybe the world will be changed anyway, though I'll never see it for myself.
[The way he says it implies that he strongly doubts the wishes will ever be granted.]
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