Floor 1 Room 4

[dyingtohealyou]

Ahito

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[revengier]

Yes, my resolve for revenge.

[ What a shock, one of the true protags here doesn't like revenge. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

As in he doesn't think you're up for it, or he doesn't think you should?

[revengier]

"You try to be someone you're not."

[ ... ]

So, a mix of both, I suppose.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Humming in thought. There's a kneejerk feeling - Akira obviously doesn't understand how important it can be, putting a stop to certain people.

But...]

What do you think?

[revengier]

I don’t like killing. It… disrupts my senses, the smell of blood and the sound of bones breaking.

[ Even thinking about it makes him feel ill. ]

He focused on that, and told me that seeking revenge like this isn’t me.

[ And he doesn’t know that Akira is wrong about that, but he can’t bring himself to say it. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

What do you mean, "disrupts your senses," exactly?

[revengier]

I feel dizzy. I feel nauseous. My skin crawls.

[ It puts him in a state he very much dislikes. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

...Almost like your body's rebelling against it.

[revengier]

Would you say that's what it is? I cherish and honor life, of course I would feel that way.

[dyingtohealyou]

...Well, it's not like taking a life is easy to begin with. For people who don't fight in wars or relish in murder, that is.

[revengier]

Mm, you’re right.

[ He sighs. ]

Have you killed?

[ Kurapika can’t even guess whether or not Ahito has, given that he hasn’t been successful in his revenge. Not yet, at least. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

...Not yet. I'm not interested in killing just anyone, and I haven't been able to track them down.

[revengier]

So we're the same in that regard... only I've managed to find some of my targets.

[ He essentially put that part on pause, though. ]

I hope you're satisfied when you manage it.

[dyingtohealyou]

It's hard to imagine not being satisfied, at this point.

Sometimes I wonder how many more lives they've burned through since I got out. How many more people got used up until they had nothing left of value, and tossed aside like trash for it.

If we can't stop relying on magic before I die, then I want to put a stop to that side of it, at least. Leave magic in the hands of people who actually give a damn about fellow humans instead of the results of their next experiment.

[revengier]

In that case... it's hard to see why you wouldn't be.

[ The same could be said for Kurapika too, that he'd be ridding the world of a certain level of evil, but...

It makes him feel like a monster. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

Yeah. Even if I could only get the leader... at least I could get my revenge on him.

[revengier]

In that case... I wish you luck.

[ He really means it. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

Thanks. I probably need it.

[revengier]

Yeah, you do.

[ He won't mince his words... ]

But as I said before, I'll assist you however I can.

[dyingtohealyou]

Got any tips while we're here?

[revengier]

Establish a strong network of people who can trust you to lead them, and who will listen to you.

[dyingtohealyou]

[Making a face. He doesn't look optimistic on that one.]

Anything else?

[revengier]

Find ways to gather information that will outpace the people you're looking for. You were found out before, weren't you? Learn from that.

[dyingtohealyou]

Yeah. I didn't really expect the director of the school to have a link to them, so it's hard to take back all the attention I've gotten...

[Can't believe causing trouble around the school very visibly would come back to bite him, who knew.]

If I can find someone else in contact with them, I think I can probably trace it.

[revengier]

So being annoying did have it's downsides.

[ Don't mind him if he sounds a little self-satisfied saying that. ]

But doing that should be enough for you, so long as you fully trust that person.