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Uh, she told us to deal with them. When I asked what that meant, she just repeated 'deal with them', so.. I guess she wanted us to do with them what we wanted?

Some people killed them, but some wanted to move them. I was gonna help with that since, I didn't really care? But then someone moved them in secret? I don't know why.

[ Pretty weird!! Always made him go ???, honestly. ]

[Thinking, thinking, thinking...]

Having them all on one island does make things convenient though. A good way to deal with the situation.

[Snake meat might not be the best meat, but—]

Yeah. I thought, if we just killed them, then-- that was a test. If someone tells you to deal with something and your decision is to kill it, then, that's gotta say something about you, right? When you're being judged already to save your universe.

[ And that judgment might be bad??? It might be bad. Worse than snake meat. ]

[Chu Wenshan nods thoughtfully at this reasoning.]

That makes sense. It's better not to kill more than necessary - I think Buddhist monks say something like that too.

[That's...not exactly right...but close enough?]

[ Whoa. Gorgug is nodding at that. ]

They sound like wise killers. [ Pause. ] I usually just kill people trying to kill me.

[ That's his way in life! ]

[Wait, but monks aren't killers...are they? Eh, not like there's any he can ask around here.]

That's probably the best way to go about it. Self-defense is justified. [A pause.] Though I don't usually kill them then, either.

Even when they stab you in the back?

[ Gorgug remembers many people stabbing him in the back! ...okay, so maybe one time. ]

If someone stabs me in the back, I'll beat them up. If they're stabbing me literally, I might need to get bandaged up afterwards, but it won't affect my beating them up. I might have suggested turning them in to the police, but I'm not so sure about them right now, so beating them up will have to do.

[He's a swordsman...]

[ Gorgug's making a face like he's trying to think about it, buuuuuuuut... ]

I don't know, I guess-- I guess I could try and knock more people out. But it's hard if you're in the middle of a fight and there's other people attacking you? And I use an axe. So swiping at them--

[ He semi-makes a swiping motion, since he's carrying his ribs. ]

Plus, I'm usually pretty mad. [ ... ] Does that sound like an excuse?

[ He wonders.... ]