Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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Breaking the system surely isnt worse that the possible extinction of all existence, unless the two are synonymous.

@souleaterfan320

It's pretty close. It would mean drowning in a sea of chaos.

Myriad Reality

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...I want to try to deconstruct amaranthine, and reconstruct it into a way that we can infuse it into my sword.

As for that second thing... I'll do it for you. That or... we can find a way to break the system. Again. There's always a way to suceed if you look hard enough.

@souleaterfan320

Breaking the System isn't an option. That's almost a worst-case scenario.

Myriad Reality

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I'm asking you to help me make a weapon that can help defeat the Amaranthine, or buy us enough time to figure out how to seal them permanently. That's all I'm giving you. Like I said before, You dont have to fight. I gave up on that. I just want you to contribute something. anything.

@souleaterfan320

What do you want me to add to your weapons? Because here's the thing, this System is an unwinnable war. It's mathematically just not going to happen. I'm not going out and killing countless beings to delude myself into thinking that I can somehow take over the System and restore what was there before.

Myriad Reality

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you're going to die anyways, you idiot! I too have lost. I too have suffered. I don't get to make excuses. I don't get to give up. People depend on us. When my children died, I had nothing else to lose. The thing i had fought so damn hard for was ripped from me from the very woman who I had loved. I have felt betrayal on all fronts. But I can't throw the towel in. I don't get the option. Are you going to let your failures stop you? Or are you going to rise up from the ahses a better man than you were before?

@souleaterfan320

What kind of argument is that? Stop using hero rhetoric on me. Either you have a way and a reason for me to contribute something, or you're using me as cannon fodder.
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So what is it, Shinji? What exactly are you asking me to do?

Myriad Reality

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They put Painting Dye in critical condition, david. Plus, you've done things way above your paygrade before for nothing promised in return. I dont have anything I could offer you in return. I refuse to participate in the collection of terriotories beyond those involved with the EDB, so I have none of those to give you, and whatever materialistic needs you have you can fill on your own, you dont need my assistance for that. What could I possibly give you that'd be worth a damn, David?

@souleaterfan320

My life's work was destroyed! And now you're trying to figure out how to bribe me like some kind of politician. I don't want it to be worth my while Shinji, I want to know what I could possibly do to help any of you. I'm not going to go die so you can say you gave it your all.

Myriad Reality

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I think you fail to realize how big this actually is. Eventually, you'll be dragged in whether you want it or not. If you want to think about it negatively, you either die alongside your friends trying your best to save existence, or you buy some time, only to be eventually slaughtered as you say, regardless. Or, if you want to think about it positively, you'll save existence alongside your friends as you have before, allowing yourself an opportunity of peace once again.

@souleaterfan320

You're talking emotions right now. I need you to convince me what I can do to make a real difference. The illusions of grandeur or hero work aren't going to be enough for a fight completely out of my league.

Myriad Reality

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I shouldn't have to convince you to litterally help save existence, therein saving yourself. Thought that was kind of a given.

@souleaterfan320

You haven't asked me to do that. You've asked me to enter a war and get slaughtered on the frontlines.

Myriad Reality

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David... at least help me with this one last thing. I dont expect you to fight, but you and I worked excellently together to make the endgame armor and the ARGUS weapons system. I don't trust anyone else but you on this one. I'll make it up to you.

@souleaterfan320

Then you should know me well enough to recognize that I don't like that kind of reasoning. This isn't a favor or "one last job or old time's sake." You're going to have to actually convince me.

Myriad Reality

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What are you suggesting?

@souleaterfan320

I'm suggesting that everything I've done to this point is leverage history and follow the steps other people have laid out before me. I don't know how much I can do in this case, and I'm not going to die just so I can say I was there.

Myriad Reality

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...david. these arent just my problems. These are existences problems. Its only a matter of time before they come knocking on your door, too.

@souleaterfan320

I understand that. But you overestimate how useful I really am.