[Dustin rolls his eyes, although he looks more disappointed than exasperated with the way his gaze flicks down to the countertop afterwards.]
Of course.
[That sounds more like the Agrii he's become accustomed to: Dangerously ignorant and optimistic, wholly reliant on the "Heroes" that they stole away to save them. The fact that this role was inspired by similarly exploitative media from the civilization that evidence suggests nearly wiped them out is deeply ironic.]
...You realize that, even if we do somehow fix... [Dustin gestures vaguely at the ceiling.] ...All of this shit. There's no way they'll be able to take care of themselves. They're just going to run into another crisis, probably something minor like "we've run out of crystals for the power plant" or whatever, and it'll either kill them or they'll kidnap another group of "heroes" to fix it again. We've not saving anyone by doing this except ourselves.
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Date: 2023-04-11 04:12 pm (UTC)Of course.
[That sounds more like the Agrii he's become accustomed to: Dangerously ignorant and optimistic, wholly reliant on the "Heroes" that they stole away to save them. The fact that this role was inspired by similarly exploitative media from the civilization that evidence suggests nearly wiped them out is deeply ironic.]
...You realize that, even if we do somehow fix... [Dustin gestures vaguely at the ceiling.] ...All of this shit. There's no way they'll be able to take care of themselves. They're just going to run into another crisis, probably something minor like "we've run out of crystals for the power plant" or whatever, and it'll either kill them or they'll kidnap another group of "heroes" to fix it again. We've not saving anyone by doing this except ourselves.