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Reading, walking, construction.
Hello. My name is Aurora. My duty is to oversee your comfort and the daily workings of Etraya, as well as provide information for upcoming missions.
You're right, our knowledge of the life in question is entirely unequal. And so, surely your answer would hold more weight than any I could give.
But to answer your earlier question: with some exceptions, I believe in second chances. Have to, for personal reasons. A man can do little to make amends if he's a corpse, and even less good.
[And yet...he had still tasked Benedikta with bringing Cidolfus back. Some part of him wished for his return. He could easily explain it away with it being for his Master's intentions, and yet that was not the full truth of it.]
If one was tempted to betray in the first place, then it is within their nature to be tempted again. They have shown their lack of integrity, and it would be foolish to believe they have aught otherwise to offer.
[ So that's how it is. Yuri has cut down traitors before, though he has no way of knowing how the circumstances differ. In his case, it was always opportunists, always those who harmed those vulnerable or weaker.
In Barnabas' case, he can't help but think that, instead of some matter of justice, it's something deeply personal for him. ]
Can't say I'd be quick to dole out trust, but I also can't say I've never given one of my men another shot after crossing me. Judgement calls, yeah? They couldn't prove themselves if I never gave them the chance to do so.
Men are not as surprising as they arrogantly believe themselves to be. In the end, one will ever follow their nature.
[Of this he...wholly believes. His own nature was changed because the Almighty Himself was merciful enough to take pity upon His flawed creation, and it is through that mercy that he might be redeemed—that mankind might be.
But man itself cannot and will not change, and so...neither will Cid.]
It is a fool's errand to believe otherwise once it has been revealed to you.
Wouldn't it be just as arrogant to think one knows all that there is to another's nature?
[ He is truly no exception. ]
I've seen a man I thought incapable of any damn good die fighting for his nation. The man was a wanton bandit. Even so, he sacrificed his life to assure his comrades' victory. It still beggars belief. It hardly erases his past, and I knew it well — I'd have expected him to cut his losses and not hold his ground.
You believe a single ripple in his history's tapestry is proof that his nature changed? Foolish boy, it takes far more than a seemingly uncharacteristic moment to redefine a man. I would wager that this fell within his nature from the start, you were simply too blind to see it.
You say that, but I kept tabs on the man for quite some time. Not knowing what you're dealing with is lethal, in my expedience.
You mentioned no one is capable of genuinely surprising others. Given the opportunity, he did achieve that, if only through his death. I make no claims he changed or redeemed himself.
I did not say that others could not be surprised. Oft are men incapable of discerning the truth that lays bare beneath their own nose, full willing to ignore that which is inconvenient to them, all for the sake of their fragile ego. Much to their own peril.
That you were surprised by him speaks naught of my measure of men, but of your measure of that man.
[ He doesn't debate it, simply accepts. There was no way to know what Miklan would do with an opportunity life had never afforded him before, when his life had been defined by its denial. ]
Perhaps you wouldn't have been surprised in my position, but we can never know.
In your estimation, do you know all there is to know of your traitor? Could he never surprise you?
[It would be a lie to say that Cidolfus has not surprised him in some ways since they've been here in Etraya. They have...surprised each other in ways he cares not to admit to. He scarcely wishes to contemplate it too deeply as it is, admitted to it to Yuri is beyond conceivable.
Though, the surprise relevant to the conversation, well...]
Yes. Man does not defy his nature, and he is no different.
I'd like to think our natures aren't so simple, but seeing as I can't prove that, it's hardly firm ground to stand on.
[ Yuri sees no reason to debate the point. They both believe something deeply about people, and a single conversation doesn't change a man's experience. Moreover, Barnabas may stop indulging this discussion at any time.
After all, he's convinced it's personal.
Maybe that's precisely the reason Barnabas is talking about it at all though. Perhaps. ]
[It is personal, and in part this conversation is because he is aware that Cidolfus will likely read this. Standing firm is what he needs to do.
If it were so simple to change his beliefs on the contemptible nature of man, then he likely would not be in the circumstance he was before coming to Etraya. Nor less of the opinion he holds fast to even in the absence of his master.]
A slave to whim and indulgence, he is a man who believes his myopic understanding of the world is unerring and irrefutable. A man more like to run from, than to commit to, aught that requires personal sacrifice. He values his freedom above all else.
A far cry from my countrymen, from the sound of it. Most of them will bind themselves to a cause, a lord, service of the people, take your pick really.
[ They're famed for choosing hills to die on, whether their cause be damned or not. One reason he disdained Count Rowe was his duplicitous opportunism, vowing fealty to the highest bidder and entirely willing to renege on it. ]
Can't say I don't value freedom, but...
[ He'd told Ashe once before: he'd gladly suffer whatever it took for his people. ]
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[ Because that wasn't a yes, Barney. ]
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[He knows how these games go. If he does not answer as one wishes he would, they will simply assume he is lying. Thus it is pointless.
He also doesn't want to answer.]
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In my experience, a man doesn't answer because it's something he's reluctant to yield.
[ Such as admitting he does not want that man dead, regardless of what he may deem justified or logical. ]
I get the impression you evade rather than lie.
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You asked me if I'd see this stranger survive, I asked if you'd see him die. Fair trade, isn't it?
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[And aught but a stranger to him.]
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But to answer your earlier question: with some exceptions, I believe in second chances. Have to, for personal reasons. A man can do little to make amends if he's a corpse, and even less good.
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[And yet...he had still tasked Benedikta with bringing Cidolfus back. Some part of him wished for his return. He could easily explain it away with it being for his Master's intentions, and yet that was not the full truth of it.]
If one was tempted to betray in the first place, then it is within their nature to be tempted again. They have shown their lack of integrity, and it would be foolish to believe they have aught otherwise to offer.
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In Barnabas' case, he can't help but think that, instead of some matter of justice, it's something deeply personal for him. ]
Can't say I'd be quick to dole out trust, but I also can't say I've never given one of my men another shot after crossing me. Judgement calls, yeah? They couldn't prove themselves if I never gave them the chance to do so.
You think this guy couldn't surprise you?
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[Of this he...wholly believes. His own nature was changed because the Almighty Himself was merciful enough to take pity upon His flawed creation, and it is through that mercy that he might be redeemed—that mankind might be.
But man itself cannot and will not change, and so...neither will Cid.]
It is a fool's errand to believe otherwise once it has been revealed to you.
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[ He is truly no exception. ]
I've seen a man I thought incapable of any damn good die fighting for his nation. The man was a wanton bandit. Even so, he sacrificed his life to assure his comrades' victory. It still beggars belief. It hardly erases his past, and I knew it well — I'd have expected him to cut his losses and not hold his ground.
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You mentioned no one is capable of genuinely surprising others. Given the opportunity, he did achieve that, if only through his death. I make no claims he changed or redeemed himself.
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That you were surprised by him speaks naught of my measure of men, but of your measure of that man.
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Perhaps you wouldn't have been surprised in my position, but we can never know.
In your estimation, do you know all there is to know of your traitor? Could he never surprise you?
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Though, the surprise relevant to the conversation, well...]
Yes. Man does not defy his nature, and he is no different.
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[ Yuri sees no reason to debate the point. They both believe something deeply about people, and a single conversation doesn't change a man's experience. Moreover, Barnabas may stop indulging this discussion at any time.
After all, he's convinced it's personal.
Maybe that's precisely the reason Barnabas is talking about it at all though. Perhaps. ]
What is this guy's nature, then?
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If it were so simple to change his beliefs on the contemptible nature of man, then he likely would not be in the circumstance he was before coming to Etraya. Nor less of the opinion he holds fast to even in the absence of his master.]
A slave to whim and indulgence, he is a man who believes his myopic understanding of the world is unerring and irrefutable. A man more like to run from, than to commit to, aught that requires personal sacrifice. He values his freedom above all else.
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[ They're famed for choosing hills to die on, whether their cause be damned or not. One reason he disdained Count Rowe was his duplicitous opportunism, vowing fealty to the highest bidder and entirely willing to renege on it. ]
Can't say I don't value freedom, but...
[ He'd told Ashe once before: he'd gladly suffer whatever it took for his people. ]
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