You know, you're asking a lot of the same questions he did when we confronted him. Sure you're not him in disguise?
[If Joshua knew him any better, he would recognize that this was Atsuro's go-to method of keeping himself from being too bogged down by his doubts or fears.]
If I've learned anything from gaming, it's that if there's a dragon that has to be resealed every hundred years, there's always gonna be someone around who can do the job. If you look at it one way, it's a hopeless task, but... who says destroying the dragon is any good, either? We'd just... keep on going forever without remembering what it is we're fighting against.
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It doesn't really matter what I think, anyway. You've got to decide these things for yourself, right?
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[If Joshua knew him any better, he would recognize that this was Atsuro's go-to method of keeping himself from being too bogged down by his doubts or fears.]
If I've learned anything from gaming, it's that if there's a dragon that has to be resealed every hundred years, there's always gonna be someone around who can do the job. If you look at it one way, it's a hopeless task, but... who says destroying the dragon is any good, either? We'd just... keep on going forever without remembering what it is we're fighting against.
...
It doesn't really matter what I think, anyway. You've got to decide these things for yourself, right?