[ Moran can't help but click his tongue at hearing that people are still suffering. It just makes him hold onto the hope of William's dream even more. William is the kind of person that can create a better reality for everyone.
His fist clenches for a brief second, before he loosens his hand. ]
People invisible to the system...
[ He lets that sink in, too. ]
Well... what do you do about those kind of people? If they can't be judged by your system, what do you do?
[ kogami says simply as he takes in the briefly clenched fist, after a few moments. a military man like moran isn't prone to squeamishness, not in that era, and kogami takes another long, deep drag. the side of his mouth tightens briefly. the weight of killing someone is heavy, not to mention the body count that's been racked up over the years.
his next words are grim. ]
I used to be a detective within the system. [ detective, he says, like pops would say it, once upon a time. ]
Moran isn't able to hide his tells -- he stills at the man's reply and stops breathing for a few seconds. He resumes breathing a beat later, and loosens his posture as he realizes he involuntarily stiffened.
A detective that hunts down and kills criminals? Is that the position that system gave detectives now? He can't see the other relaying such information in order to entrap him. Then, perhaps, he's trying to see if I'm someone that he has to one day hunt down?
He turns a little away with a sharper smile. Scary. Yet the tone in his head is filled with warm admiration. If the person next to him is willing to remain committed to his goals, to his sense of justice, even here; Moran can't help but accept him. ]
Me too. It's the only thing that they deserve.
[ A beat as he turns back towards him with a smile. ] Moran. [ And he holds his hand out to shake his companion's. ]
[ kogami notices. he's aware that moran probably notices something similar in him; he can read his tells, the thoughts flickering across that ruggedly handsome face. it seems moran has seen more than his fair share, and his words have clearly struck a chord right down deep.
he reaches out to take his hand as well in a handshake, noting the prosthetic underneath the fabric of the glove. interesting. ]
Kogami. [ he pauses, regarding him with interest. ] Was it Crimea or India?
[ He brings his hand back. The GemSci people were nice enough to fit him with a better prosthetic than what he had back home. Flexing the fingers, he fixes his stare on the artificial hand. ]
I was formally discharged, afterward.
[ As much as he already likes Kogami, he doesn't quite trust him enough to tell him the real story. And, well, it isn't a lie. He was formally discharged -- just as KIA. ]
It's unfortunate to think that wars are still going on. What about your system -- it can't do anything about stopping those?
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His fist clenches for a brief second, before he loosens his hand. ]
People invisible to the system...
[ He lets that sink in, too. ]
Well... what do you do about those kind of people? If they can't be judged by your system, what do you do?
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[ kogami says simply as he takes in the briefly clenched fist, after a few moments. a military man like moran isn't prone to squeamishness, not in that era, and kogami takes another long, deep drag. the side of his mouth tightens briefly. the weight of killing someone is heavy, not to mention the body count that's been racked up over the years.
his next words are grim. ]
I used to be a detective within the system. [ detective, he says, like pops would say it, once upon a time. ]
What would you do?
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Moran isn't able to hide his tells -- he stills at the man's reply and stops breathing for a few seconds. He resumes breathing a beat later, and loosens his posture as he realizes he involuntarily stiffened.
A detective that hunts down and kills criminals? Is that the position that system gave detectives now? He can't see the other relaying such information in order to entrap him. Then, perhaps, he's trying to see if I'm someone that he has to one day hunt down?
He turns a little away with a sharper smile. Scary. Yet the tone in his head is filled with warm admiration. If the person next to him is willing to remain committed to his goals, to his sense of justice, even here; Moran can't help but accept him. ]
Me too. It's the only thing that they deserve.
[ A beat as he turns back towards him with a smile. ] Moran. [ And he holds his hand out to shake his companion's. ]
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he reaches out to take his hand as well in a handshake, noting the prosthetic underneath the fabric of the glove. interesting. ]
Kogami. [ he pauses, regarding him with interest. ] Was it Crimea or India?
[ the war he was involved in, he means. ]
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[ He brings his hand back. The GemSci people were nice enough to fit him with a better prosthetic than what he had back home. Flexing the fingers, he fixes his stare on the artificial hand. ]
I was formally discharged, afterward.
[ As much as he already likes Kogami, he doesn't quite trust him enough to tell him the real story. And, well, it isn't a lie. He was formally discharged -- just as KIA. ]
It's unfortunate to think that wars are still going on. What about your system -- it can't do anything about stopping those?