"It is a balance that must be maintained. A pool of stagnant water breeds only sickness."
Rukia's words were not the harsh rebuke she might otherwise have given. In the vision of the sage, Rukia had been the one to adopt Kalki's plan. Though there were large gaps that remained enshrouded in fog in her mind, there were other parts she remembered very clearly. She recalled the sharp and poignant ache of losing the first person she had ever dearly loved. It was a pain so deep and so raw, it gave rise to a reckless desperation, and a determination to do anything...anything...to get him back. It went against everything a soul reaper stood for and valued, but in that vision, there was simply no other reality for her.
"I stood where you once did. Hurt that my motivations were not trusted...saddened that the people I counted as friends would rather take my life than let me try. The one person who supported me died to defend my convictions, and there was nothing to be done but press forward, so her sacrifice would not be in vain."
She took a step forward, her face serious. "But the fault did not lie in them. I lacked the faith in my friends to fight back against all odds and believe in their success. I had made the wrong decision. The souls of the Calamity must be healed, not harnessed! Your plan would see those souls forever trapped in a broken existence. No one person can tame that entity. It will absorb you, and it will continue to consume everything."
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Rukia's words were not the harsh rebuke she might otherwise have given. In the vision of the sage, Rukia had been the one to adopt Kalki's plan. Though there were large gaps that remained enshrouded in fog in her mind, there were other parts she remembered very clearly. She recalled the sharp and poignant ache of losing the first person she had ever dearly loved. It was a pain so deep and so raw, it gave rise to a reckless desperation, and a determination to do anything...anything...to get him back. It went against everything a soul reaper stood for and valued, but in that vision, there was simply no other reality for her.
"I stood where you once did. Hurt that my motivations were not trusted...saddened that the people I counted as friends would rather take my life than let me try. The one person who supported me died to defend my convictions, and there was nothing to be done but press forward, so her sacrifice would not be in vain."
She took a step forward, her face serious. "But the fault did not lie in them. I lacked the faith in my friends to fight back against all odds and believe in their success. I had made the wrong decision. The souls of the Calamity must be healed, not harnessed! Your plan would see those souls forever trapped in a broken existence. No one person can tame that entity. It will absorb you, and it will continue to consume everything."