punnier | ★ ( CLAUDE VON RIEGAN. )

Yeah? It was a rough day.

[ ... ]

Well, a series of rough days.

..Yeah. I wasn't around that day but, I heard about your guys'... excursion?

[ I WAS DYING FROM CRAMPS AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO RESPOND TO THE RETURN ]

Some of it anyway.

Oh, I think it was tougher on some of us than others.

Like today.

[ Pointed look. ]

[ Um. Why the pointed look. ]

..That's true. For today anyway it's harder for those that have gotten close to the ones responsible, to the ones that were lost.

[ But Siffrin is fine. ]

That's true.

You were looking pretty heartbroken too, for a moment.

[ Pointing this out, but won't push if Siffrin gets upset. ]

[ Huh?? ]

..Heartbroken? I was... worried, sure.

[ But heartbroken...? ]

Oh, I guess I could be wrong.

I just thought you seemed upset, while we were figuring out the votes.

[ (...) ]

I just don't think we should ever consider voting for someone that hasn't done anything wrong. It just makes more sense to vote for the one guilty, that's how these trials are meant to be, right?

I guess the "guilt" is debatable here.

Who deservesto die is contentious, so people who don't mind dying are open to volunteering.

Is it?

[ Their head tilts, confused. They don't really.. understand this whole concept. And it shows on their face. ] ..Even if they don't mind, they shouldn't volunteer.

That I don't disagree with.

You don't think the guilt of the killers is up for debate?

It feels like it'd be hard to say.. the way things run here, it's different than what I'm used to. Nothing like this has ever happened or come up. [ Siffrin seems to contemplate before... ]

..If I personally lost someone I really cared about, I wouldn't think it was.

Don't you think that's unfair?

[ No judgment, just asking. ]

[ A head tilt, peering at him. ]

Do you?

[ Thinks about it... ]

Determining guilt based on my relationship with the victim... Yeah, I guess I do think it's unfair.

[ It isn't that they don't see it, it can be unfair when based on bias but. Even knowing that it won't change how Siffrin feels. ]

What kind of guilt wouldn't be up for debate to you?

Killing or hurting someone without any mind manipulation involved, I guess.

Even if it's in self-defense?

[ Thinks of Firefly's story. ]

No, that's different. [ ... ] But even that is a nuanced. Was the defence proportional to the assault?

And with the only other person dead, how do you judge if it was or not? In the end it's either you trust their word, your gut feeling, or the rules.

[ NOT MY TAG DISAPPEARING ]

True. That said, I do think clear cut guilt exists... But whether we can discover it is another matter.

Do you think Firefly and Garrett should be punished?

[ i ate it ]

Mm. [ A contemplating look. ] I think given Garrett Hawke is.. broken, he deserves to be fixed. If what happened wasn't in his control, being punished seems unfair. But I don't know what they can do to even fix those of us that have our souls breaking.

..So it's hard to say. If Firefly was only defending herself, I don't think she should be punished either. [ A simple answer. ] ..However, if we are meant to follow, the rules for one, who are we to go against it? Can we go against it?

The rules... You mean voting to expel one another from heaven?

[ A nod. ]

That.

I don't know if anyone asked.

It seems like it would be an automatic failure of the "test" not to comply with the rules, but maybe it is an option.

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