[h1]Argus Leandros[/h1]

Argus was unimpressed by Ike's threat, cause while Ike was strong, Argus believed he'd be able to take him on as well as any other foe. However, as Ike told his tale, Argus once again couldn't help but empathize with him, as he had felt many of the same emotions in his own life, and fir a lot longer and probably more intensely than Ike had. While he was sure that finding yourself trapped inside a world all by yourself was definitely a terrible experience, Argus still found it a much preferred state then his own past, where he didn't just feel like a helpless nothing, he was reminded of it and had it weighed down on him every moment of his life.

As Ike spoke, Argus' thoughts turned to the many times he was forced to fight and kill for the amusement and how dehumanizing an experience that had been. How it had shaped and formed a side to himself that he always tried to bury but knew he couldn't live without. Was Ike's imprisonment the same kind of event, something that changed him to his very core as a person. At that moment, Argus wondered how Ike was like before he met Isla, and his he would regard that person in comparison. For a moment, he felt a flow of anger course through him as he considered the horrid nature of her actions, but then he took a breath. He revered how he felt talking to her, how she acted and how she had stated up all night to paint his portrait. This, to him, showed selflessness and generosity, and someone caps le if such things couldn't be possible of such cruelty.

[i]Then again, many people often have contrasting ideals and personalities at different times. Maybe I caught her at the right time so I could see that side of her. Ugh, Isla aside, this guy is still very much angry, and nothing is probably going to change his hatred towards her. . . but maybe I can try to make it so hat he doesn't flip his lid again. . . or maybe I'll just piss him off some more.[/i] Argus pondered over this last thought a little, before mentally shrugging his shoulders. [i]Meh, he already dislikes me quite a bit, nothing I could say could make it any worse than it already is, right?[/i]. 

With that in mind, Argus decided to speak up a little after Ike had finished speaking, wanting to comment on something that he felt should be addressed.

"Not trying to sound preachy here, but can I just say that . . . it's kinda dumb to say that you gain all this power for nothing if you can't kill a young girl like Isla with it. I mean, what does that prove? She doesn't seem particularly strong combat-wise, though that may just be conjecture, and while I won't insult you by calling her innocent or misguided, it just seems kind of, sorry to say, psychotic to fixate in that so much." Argus knew that he was basically calling Ike out on his threat earlier, but he didn't really care and couldn't think of a better word. "I understand quite well the desire to wreak bloody vengeance on some who so greatly wronged you, but I also know that killing someone with naught but hated and vengeance on your mind is an empty and utterly dehumanizing experience. Every life has value, and the action of taking it is always evil, no matter the circumstance, but what makes people evil, in my opinion at least, is when they take for no other reason than for their own sake." 

Argus looked down at his own hands, thinking iff alk the hloid he had spilt just to serve his own needs and wants. He continued to sieak, his tine taking a more simber note as he did so. "By that very definition, I am a very evil person and I'ce devoted myself to trying to change that part of myself. Part of the reason I joined a guild is because I felt like it would help me to help others, so that if I ever have to kill again, it will be to protect others from danger, be they regular people or other members." After that long bit of dialogue, Argus renained silent, hoping, but not expecting, that Ike find some form of meaning from it and taking it to heart. "So instead of cursing thst you can't yse this power to kill one person, why not try and yae that power to help others, both teammates and victims alike. But hey, those are just my thoughts on the matter, so take them as you will."

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[h1]Nidhogg[/h1]

"Hmph, what is there to say about the war that hasn't been said about all wars. People fought, people died, and in the grand scheme of things, nothing has changed. I mean, after only a century, Magic has almost reached that same level if popularity and acceptance as before the war, even thigh people were scared shitless by the very thought of it not too long ago." Nidhogg sighed, as if he was disappointed with society as a whole, his gaze around at those in the stand with a sense of age and tired submission to life. "Guess that shows just how powerful the allure of such power is to humanity as a whole. They just couldn't hold out and went right back to the source of such destruction and death, with only a momentary pause of hesitance, when you thing about on a large enough scale."

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