[ Blade asks, though he pauses, as if trying to remember. It is inadvisable, under normal circumstances.
Perhaps. ]
Perhaps, in a sense. Back on the Xianzhou Alliance, there were those who willingly had their bodies manipulated, and those who unwillingly did. The latter could, without a doubt, be referred to as experiments. Sins committed, reaching for things they thought they understood, but in fact knew little of.
Such arrogance will always bring an inevitable downfall.
In my home world, it was possible to get augments in order to get stronger. If you were stronger, that means you had a better chance at living in The City and fending off attacks. So it was a good thing to have them, generally. Even though they're ridiculously expensive.
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[ Blade asks, though he pauses, as if trying to remember. It is inadvisable, under normal circumstances.
Perhaps. ]
Perhaps, in a sense. Back on the Xianzhou Alliance, there were those who willingly had their bodies manipulated, and those who unwillingly did. The latter could, without a doubt, be referred to as experiments. Sins committed, reaching for things they thought they understood, but in fact knew little of.
Such arrogance will always bring an inevitable downfall.
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... Would you say the same for the willing?
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Those willing inevitably try to coerce or involve those unwilling in said experiments.
[ So...yeah! They all suck to Blade. ]
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[ ... ]
In my home world, it was possible to get augments in order to get stronger. If you were stronger, that means you had a better chance at living in The City and fending off attacks. So it was a good thing to have them, generally. Even though they're ridiculously expensive.
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[ An acknowledgment that certain powers and such can function differently in other worlds or places. Or what having particular alterations meant. ]
This City of yours...was it always so perilous?
[ The way Yuri phrases it seems to indicate that there is an everpresent danger. ]
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[ Yeah. ]
Looting is sometimes encouraged.
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Who is the one who decided as such?
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[ aka i have no freaking idea ]
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...A wretched place to live.
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I'll leave you to it.
[ Blade keeps it simple, before turning on the heel of his foot, and heading off. ]