☀️ Arselia and Akonia

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- Fair enough. It's not as if having a traumatic background automatically justifies reprehensible actions – almost everyone has one, and its existence doesn't always determine a person's fate. They'll do something cruel anyway if it's their destiny. But still, it's better than some standard story in the style of "he was just a disobedient child, killed pets, and then got a job in the police/mafia/multitasking combat unit." As for your comrade... there are other angles to look at it from. The sense of justice is multifaceted and isn't determined solely by the color of your aura, or the number of karma points, or two opposing options in a dialogue. Most of its proponents do it because they have the will to do so, and because it brings them moral satisfaction. All human beings strive for some form of justice, and preserving the lives or happiness of people incidentally affected by it is just a pleasant bonus on top, which objectively justifies the application of this will, even if it doesn't need this justification. After all, when some scoundrel gets what he deserves, who, according to all the rules of the genre, shouldn't have gotten it, it warms the soul. This isn't a lecture – you're the last person who would need to read it. But in my opinion: to whom much is given, much is required. The world is inherently cruel and strives to destroy the human way of life, and to have the power and opportunity to improve it, whether out of ambitious motives or out of sympathy for it, and not to use it – it's not exactly "criminal," but it's rather sad. So, I feel sorry for your friend. His death is a loss not only for your company but also for all of humanity, however pathetic that sounds.