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[anti_altruisms]

"Bring peace to Chantes, and restore the sun."

I've seen and heard a lot of talk over how we're meant to accomplish this task.

To those of you who are new and those who have been here from the start, I'm curious- ideally, how would you like to see such a goal accomplished?

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[digophelia]

Allow others to clean up after themselves, then. Mistakes are apart of nature, but good in the world still exists, even in a world like this.

[anti_altruisms]

Sometimes the mess is too large for people to clean up after themselves.

You believe there is good in the world even though true peace is an ideal that can never be achieved?

[digophelia]

Truly, I am guilty of being callous, but I am not callous enough to believe there is nothing good in the world. But if you keep speaking as if there's a mess to clean up, then you're no better than the worst of people.

[anti_altruisms]

[ 'The worst of people', huh? He actually laughs. ]

There always will be a mess to clean up, 'butterfly'. That is what it means to be a 'cleaner' employed by powers such as ALASTAIR.

If my acceptance of that fact makes me 'the worst of people', I certainly won't deny it.

[digophelia]

If you want to call me something, you can call me Alice, but I may as well call you an idiot.

[ She just picked that "username" on whim and only finds it slightly irritating, even now. ]

That's not your responsibility, neither is it anyone else's. Yes, the idealism of peace and restoration is a naive one. However, that doesn't mean there is not even the slightest bit of goodness in others. You have to make it if it can't be found.

[anti_altruisms]

It is no one's 'responsibility', Alice. It has, however, been my purpose for longer than I can remember.

[ The existence of a counter guardian is dreary, at best. ]

Human nature is an ugly thing. If you wish to be the good you want to see, by all means -- see how far it gets you.

[digophelia]

Then don't, simple as that. Fortunately, there are other souls who believe and act as if it is theirs, for better or worse.

I do not need to be lectured on human nature, either. But it is a path I intend to make -- make it different where it is not. Otherwise, it's another path to insanity to continuously think like that. Perhaps you ought to consider that, too. Or, you can continue wrapping yourself in that shell of yours in denial, whichever is easier for you. I won't abide by any delusions of "good" or "bad". Nothing is binary.

[anti_altruisms]

[ There are many thing he could say to this. How good and evil aren't the issue, how choice was taken from him long ago, how it's very possible he lost all hope, if not his sanity, trying to do the very thing she's proposing.

He knew the world was an ugly place, but he wanted a result where everyone was happy. He strove for it, worked for it, achieved a miracle where none would have been possible --

Perhaps her way of pursuing good is more balanced than his ever was. Perhaps she can do it in a way that will actually see results.

Either way, he sees nothing beautiful in that line of thinking she proposes. ]

Pursue your own path, Alice. Let it speak for you in the days to come.

Hypocrisy has never saved anyone.

[digophelia]

I intend to.

However, hypocrisy, at this point I feel, should be the least of your concerns. Do as you please, but try not to make a mess.