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[isdf]

HELLO

"Greetings. This is Kisaragi Yuma."

GOODBYE

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[selfconcept]

"Money."

[ He is stealing from the faceless masses. Literally. ]

[ordimame]

[FUCK!!! literally the only thing that could get gambling addict Edamura to pause]

[. . .]

Fine.

But we're splitting whatever you find.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien nods as if this is a no brainer. He will always share despite his greed. His greed is for something else, not materialistic things. ]

"Go wait outside before your blood pressure blows up."

[ordimame]

[glances back over to the figures on the bed. . .]

. . . at least they're having fun.

[anyway! time to leave. maybe he should stay and help Hien look for money but he got permission to dip so he is out]

[selfconcept]

[ peace out

Hien eventually returns. He is now out of the room. ]

"There was nothing there... no coins, no paper... nothing..."

[ordimame]

Seriously? Man. What a waste.

[I assure you he would not be saying that under normal circumstances]

[selfconcept]

"I'm gonna go look through the other rooms--"

[ someone stop him ]

[ordimame]

Hien-- we don't have time to loot every single room!

[grabbing at the back of his shirt]

[selfconcept]

"But we have time for some..."

[ ack... he'll just get dragged if that's what edamura is gonna do ]

[ordimame]

[denied. down the hallway we go, mister. we are finding a way out of this debt collector-ridden place]

[isdf]

. . . Were you trying to steal?

[selfconcept]

"Yeah..."

[ Just says it ]

[isdf]

You mustn't steal, Hien. There are other ways to build capital.

[selfconcept]

"Are they even real people..."

[ ................. ]

"I guess they sound like real people at least."

[isdf]

[How many people has Hien listened in on in this context to say that so confidently?]

Even if they aren't real, it is still a matter of morals. Furthermore, it's rude to simply barge into and search a private room.

[selfconcept]

[ It's not his fault that they're so loud. ]

"Yuma, I thought it was as plain as day since the first time I met you that I don't care about morals if it benefits me."

[isdf]

Can they be called morals if they aren't fixed?

[selfconcept]

"Fixed...?"

[ He tilts his head while being dragged by Edamura. ]

[isdf]

[Yuma is on Edamura's side.]

If your sense of right and wrong is that unsteady, I must wonder if it can be called a belief system at all.

[selfconcept]

"Beliefs are actually pretty flexible, but also rigid at the same time. I do selfish things and if I wanna do something that means I need to break some morals, then I will. People will do anything as long as they're convinced that they're correct."

[isdf]

How can breaking morals be correct?

[selfconcept]

"People live by their own standards, and those are my own. You have yours too."

[isdf]

That may be so, but . . .

[His way of thinking is too rigid. He doesn't get it.]