[ Childe will speak quietly to Ryunosuke in response after a thoughtful pause. ] Hmm ... well the Regent's actively ignoring my interests for supporting the Kenoma, and I really hate being ignored. So... I might as well at least try and give you a hint of what's the real problem here: Have you forgotten how far into the enemy's territory you are?
[ Childe motions to other Pleroma: Estinien, Himeka, Cid, Hayame, Johnny, Rand, Toge, and others still further... ] Regardless of whether you are right or Father Paul is right... haven't you noticed most of the Pleroma have given the Regent exactly what they wanted from this?
[ Childe hopes he doesn't have to point out the Pleroma 'winners' in this court for Ryunosuke to recognize the difference. ]
If you can be played like a fiddle as so many of you have been just over this... blatant provocation, Ryunosuke... well, I think you can see where I'm going here?
[ no matter how powerful the Pleroma are, if they can be manipulated by their emotions to follow the script the Regent wants, they'll never be able to be a real threat. He wants Ryu to understand that, and although he still blames Ryu and Dex for Lumine's disappearance, he would rather see the Pleroma get stronger and become more formidable. He wants to fight worthy opponents. Very few of them are worthy in his eyes at this point, and raw strength isn't the only deciding factor. ]
There will be a time and place for your emotional passions to triumph if you all really are destined... heroes. Not here. Argue or deny what you want, but the Regent stated one undeniable truth: Those who have power can do what they want when there's no one powerful enough to stop them. Right or wrong doesn't apply to those that have no moral baseline for themselves. Everything becomes subjective when there is no moral common ground to stand on. That's why your [ all the Pleroma, really, is what he means. ] responses here mean absolutely nothing but entertainment to the Regent.
Father Paul is a little different. He has moral grounds to stand on, but it is justified by circumstances he has or has seen and you have not.
no subject
[ Childe motions to other Pleroma: Estinien, Himeka, Cid, Hayame, Johnny, Rand, Toge, and others still further... ] Regardless of whether you are right or Father Paul is right... haven't you noticed most of the Pleroma have given the Regent exactly what they wanted from this?
[ Childe hopes he doesn't have to point out the Pleroma 'winners' in this court for Ryunosuke to recognize the difference. ]
If you can be played like a fiddle as so many of you have been just over this... blatant provocation, Ryunosuke... well, I think you can see where I'm going here?
[ no matter how powerful the Pleroma are, if they can be manipulated by their emotions to follow the script the Regent wants, they'll never be able to be a real threat. He wants Ryu to understand that, and although he still blames Ryu and Dex for Lumine's disappearance, he would rather see the Pleroma get stronger and become more formidable. He wants to fight worthy opponents. Very few of them are worthy in his eyes at this point, and raw strength isn't the only deciding factor. ]
There will be a time and place for your emotional passions to triumph if you all really are destined... heroes. Not here. Argue or deny what you want, but the Regent stated one undeniable truth: Those who have power can do what they want when there's no one powerful enough to stop them. Right or wrong doesn't apply to those that have no moral baseline for themselves. Everything becomes subjective when there is no moral common ground to stand on. That's why your [ all the Pleroma, really, is what he means. ] responses here mean absolutely nothing but entertainment to the Regent.
Father Paul is a little different. He has moral grounds to stand on, but it is justified by circumstances he has or has seen and you have not.