You know what you are when you're in some of the worst circumstances anyone can imagine, [he amends.]
Now that you're not...it's not the same, is it? If you were deciding on your own to kill by the classroomful, I doubt we would be friends! But what you're choosing to do, now that you can make the choice for yourself...none of it's seemed bad to me.
[He doesnt have a problem with any of Mukuro's current choices. Not going after Danny, or the bombing, or even how she chooses her feeding targets. That's something about this place that Atem has trouble swallowing, in any form but demon; he has to live with the fact that they're all bullies unless they're terribly careful, putting work into hunting that a lot aren't willing or able to do, using their strength and power that makes them all almost untouchable to do whatever they want, without consequences.
But trying to police that....that way lies madness. It's better to accept that it's none of his business. That what matters is that they eat at all, instead of going on a starvation rampage. Everyone has to find a way to eat that they can live with. Atem can't choose it for them, not any more than he can achieve anyone's win conditions for them either.
As a demon, it just doesn't seem important. All monster murders are the Fog's fault anyway. She put them in the conductor's seat, set the trolley schedule, and tied the victims to the track. No point getting mad at the conductor about picking a different route than Atem would have.]
What you're capable of in your worst moments, when the world around you's pushed you, hurt you, scared you...that's never all you are.
[Which is why his tests have to be fair. Now that he's actively hunting, Atem has to be sure the vice is hurtful, not just a response to hurt. It has to be present when the person is comfortable and confident. And, ugh, it is so much work! Taako was right.]
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You know what you are when you're in some of the worst circumstances anyone can imagine, [he amends.]
Now that you're not...it's not the same, is it? If you were deciding on your own to kill by the classroomful, I doubt we would be friends! But what you're choosing to do, now that you can make the choice for yourself...none of it's seemed bad to me.
[He doesnt have a problem with any of Mukuro's current choices. Not going after Danny, or the bombing, or even how she chooses her feeding targets. That's something about this place that Atem has trouble swallowing, in any form but demon; he has to live with the fact that they're all bullies unless they're terribly careful, putting work into hunting that a lot aren't willing or able to do, using their strength and power that makes them all almost untouchable to do whatever they want, without consequences.
But trying to police that....that way lies madness. It's better to accept that it's none of his business. That what matters is that they eat at all, instead of going on a starvation rampage. Everyone has to find a way to eat that they can live with. Atem can't choose it for them, not any more than he can achieve anyone's win conditions for them either.
As a demon, it just doesn't seem important. All monster murders are the Fog's fault anyway. She put them in the conductor's seat, set the trolley schedule, and tied the victims to the track. No point getting mad at the conductor about picking a different route than Atem would have.]
What you're capable of in your worst moments, when the world around you's pushed you, hurt you, scared you...that's never all you are.
[Which is why his tests have to be fair. Now that he's actively hunting, Atem has to be sure the vice is hurtful, not just a response to hurt. It has to be present when the person is comfortable and confident. And, ugh, it is so much work! Taako was right.]