[That is where their thoughts on this diverge again, or at least where things get stickier for Ryunosuke. Or... Will get stickier, when he gets it together enough to actually lend some critical thought to this mess. He sees the situation with Makoto as something separate from his opinions on how they should approach dealing with the other Kenoma in the future. In his eyes, Makoto does deserve some sort of punishment for what he did; Ryunosuke was witness to his actions, after all. If Makoto were to deny them for some reason, even he'd have trouble giving the man the benefit of the doubt. And providing that benefit to people who have been accused of violent crime is literally his job.
But-- though this would be especially difficult to admit in his current emotional state-- he can still acknowledge that witnessing something doesn't mean he has all the facts. He doesn't know what Makoto's motivations were. He doesn't know if he even in control of himself. He was clearly afflicted by a disease that was well known for making Aions act out in delusion. All that should be taken into account. And if he truly is guilty, the punishment should be handled rationally. Not enacted in a moment of revenge fueled rage.
In essence: Makoto committed a crime. Of that, Ryunosuke has no doubt. Where it gets murky for him is the actual definition of that crime, and how Makoto should be held responsible for it. In his own world, they would look to the courts for answers. In Horos, they don't have that luxury... Or Pleroma don't, at least. Being lawless rebels on the run and all...
But all that will probably come to him later, when he's trying to rest and recover and inevitably gets kept awake by all his thoughts about this. For now, he's trying to focus on other matters, while he waits anxiously to hear if Estinien's revival is successful.]
I couldn't say for certain, but I'm afraid it's not impossible that we might see others of its ilk... Evidence so far suggests it rose in power in direct relation to the Innocent's Moon. Cid says that there were no other creatures of a similar sort reported in the previous Moons that he'd experienced... It's possible this was simply a fluke.
[Or maybe it's just the start of a very troublesome trend.]
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But-- though this would be especially difficult to admit in his current emotional state-- he can still acknowledge that witnessing something doesn't mean he has all the facts. He doesn't know what Makoto's motivations were. He doesn't know if he even in control of himself. He was clearly afflicted by a disease that was well known for making Aions act out in delusion. All that should be taken into account. And if he truly is guilty, the punishment should be handled rationally. Not enacted in a moment of revenge fueled rage.
In essence: Makoto committed a crime. Of that, Ryunosuke has no doubt. Where it gets murky for him is the actual definition of that crime, and how Makoto should be held responsible for it. In his own world, they would look to the courts for answers. In Horos, they don't have that luxury... Or Pleroma don't, at least. Being lawless rebels on the run and all...
But all that will probably come to him later, when he's trying to rest and recover and inevitably gets kept awake by all his thoughts about this. For now, he's trying to focus on other matters, while he waits anxiously to hear if Estinien's revival is successful.]
I couldn't say for certain, but I'm afraid it's not impossible that we might see others of its ilk... Evidence so far suggests it rose in power in direct relation to the Innocent's Moon. Cid says that there were no other creatures of a similar sort reported in the previous Moons that he'd experienced... It's possible this was simply a fluke.
[Or maybe it's just the start of a very troublesome trend.]