This was it, then. Jade followed suit, casting Life and Curaga on Jaune.
"It's true. Hope can lead to suffering just as despair does." He remembered a young boy, a young man, treading on the remains of the dead to create a science that would nearly destroy his world -- all in the vain hope of bringing his beloved teacher back to life. The blood on his hands... Much of it had been spilled out of hope, twisted though it was. A refusal to accept the cruel truth.
Van, all of them... had acted out of hope for a better world, even if it meant murdering millions. Or was it despair -- the belief that their future was doomed -- that had driven them to rebellion? Perhaps there was little difference.
"Our worlds -- our universe is imperfect. People are blinded by hope and despair. We fail to learn from our mistakes time and time again. That is reality." He smiled. "But that's fine, isn't it? Cleaning up the messes we make is a good enough reason to keep living."
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"It's true. Hope can lead to suffering just as despair does." He remembered a young boy, a young man, treading on the remains of the dead to create a science that would nearly destroy his world -- all in the vain hope of bringing his beloved teacher back to life. The blood on his hands... Much of it had been spilled out of hope, twisted though it was. A refusal to accept the cruel truth.
Van, all of them... had acted out of hope for a better world, even if it meant murdering millions. Or was it despair -- the belief that their future was doomed -- that had driven them to rebellion? Perhaps there was little difference.
"Our worlds -- our universe is imperfect. People are blinded by hope and despair. We fail to learn from our mistakes time and time again. That is reality." He smiled. "But that's fine, isn't it? Cleaning up the messes we make is a good enough reason to keep living."