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[sonicstriker]

"You've gotta be better than this if you're gonna play the hero."

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[scapulet]

Oh, most likely. It's a lovely trait of yours.

As for me... hm. It would depend on how they wronged me and mine, I suppose. Under most circumstances, I find that thwarting their beliefs about the world is plenty.

But the ones who really deserve it... well, the Fisalias are known for our varieties of toxic plants. Something like a mild hallucinogenic is hardly that terrible, no?

[sonicstriker]

I guess I can get behind that. Plants really are incredible.

What makes them deserve it?

[scapulet]

They truly are. Distilled down to their basest selves, several otherwise dangerous plants become wonderfully tasteful medicines.

What makes them deserve it? A... very simple question with a much more complicated answer. If you want to know where my moral compass leans, then the answer comes down to... they will have spurned something that I intend to protect. Treated others with undue cruelty; believed themselves to be above all others and forsake respect for greed; lost their minds in the whispers of chaos. The crime, and the subsequent elixir, are both quite nuanced, and a Fisalia is unafraid to bear the mask of a monster for the greater good.

[sonicstriker]

Sounds like we agree on most of that. I hate doing harm, honestly, but...sometimes letting people or corporations keep going is doing more harm than stopping them. I'd rather be a monster if more people are safe.

[scapulet]

Sometimes harm is the only way to enforce change, yes. It is a human thing, deciding where your values are best spent, even if you would much rather spit the poison by the wayside than swallow it... so to speak.

That said, I don't think there is anything monstrous about protecting those who deserve protection, even at the harm of others. How another views you is their own decision. For example, I am known as Cantarella, the Bane. But whose bane am I? Each person must decide that for themselves.