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[draculabutbackwards]

Yes. It hurts and it's terrible.

[sefirot]

And I'd gain nothing from causing anyone here pain. I've only fought one individual, and he ignored my warnings and decided to attack.

[draculabutbackwards]

I don't actually disbelieve you.

[Or, a little more accurately, he thinks Sephiroth thinks he's telling the truth.]

Which is why I'm going to suggest a caveat to the admiral, if you're willing?

[sefirot]

What sort of caveat?

[draculabutbackwards]

You're concerned with possession of your own damn sword and have no intention of using the weapon against anyone? Fine. No one seems terribly likely to believe that. So we offer an insurance policy. If you hit anyone who didn't agree to it for sparring purposes, then it won't hurt them.

[sefirot]

Reword it so that it can be used in defensive situations and we will have a deal.

[draculabutbackwards]

Logistics were my next question. There's what seems to be the local stand-by of rendering it ineffective if used aggressively, period. Or there's altering it some way. Make it effectively a sleeping spell or a creeping nausea.

[Adrian gets weird when he's feeling whimsical.]

[sefirot]

If you don't want it to work if I am the aggressor then so be it. Just as long as it is still of use the other way around.

[draculabutbackwards]

Yes, but which of those solutions do you actually prefer?

[He doesn't get the sense Sephiroth is used to actual exchange of conversation.]

[sefirot]

You can render it ineffective.

[draculabutbackwards]

[Was that so hard sir.]

It's done.

[sefirot]

[Yes]

You've done more than any of the previous wardens I've met.

[draculabutbackwards]

I suspect the difference is more that I did the thing you want.

[sefirot]

You are not making poor attempts to relate to my situation either.

[draculabutbackwards]

Oh, was I supposed to do that? They don't give us an instructional text or anything.

[sefirot]

Everyone else does that or expects obedience to their whims.

[draculabutbackwards]

I always thought I'd missed some sort of warden memo. Anyway. My father went through a protracted period of unremitting, murderous human-hate, so you probably can't shock me, and I'm something a bit less than half human myself at best, so I'm not terribly likely to take anything personally.

[sefirot]

What made your father hate humanity?

[draculabutbackwards]

Never a fan as a whole, but it was more and an impersonal disdain and willingness to be ruthless for most of his run. Then my mother died in a pointless act of petty violence with a vague ideological polish.

[sefirot]

Humans lie, cheat, destroy everything they touch. Mostly for personal gain or greed. That is why they wage war so often.

[draculabutbackwards]

Yes, that sort of thing exactly.

[sefirot]

Then I suppose our views are the same.

[draculabutbackwards]

As I say, mother was a blow, but he wasn't a tremendous fan of the species from the beginning. So. I'm not going to recoil in horror that you don't enjoy the... more disappointing aspects of humanity.

[sefirot]

Many get offended if you don't focus on what they feel are the positive aspects.

[draculabutbackwards]

I assume you know what they are? However theoretical the knowledge is for you?