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[marcato]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, SATURNSCHILD. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 001.00.653.90 *** SATURNSCHILD has joined 001.00.653.90 <saturnschild> Hello. <saturnschild> I'm listening.

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<saturnschild>

[marcato]

Of course. I've been waiting for you, Mr. Yagami.

Are you going to threaten me?

< Problemsolving >

[andeatit]

I thought you might be. Sorry to keep you waiting.

I'm not here to threaten you. I want to answer a question you asked Linden, but first, I have to ask a question of my own. Do you plan to kill in excess of what you need to eat or in ways that would be considered torture?

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

Yes.

< Problemsolving >

[andeatit]

Then, that makes our answer a lot easier, too.

We'll pursue you. We've created the prison exactly so we can keep Ryslig safe in the areas we can control.

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

When you find me, I don't want you to take me to prison.

I want you to kill me like all your other victims.

< Problemsolving >

[andeatit]

I've had to kill people in self-defense, but that really is a last resort. I know what kind of game you want to play, but Ryslig isn't your playground. You can find meaning in something outside of violence.

[He doesn't have a Death Note here. ]

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

Look at you, playing coy. I'll put it more simply: I read your lover's mind. I know what you are.

And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't impressed.

< Problemsolving >

[andeatit]

You're creating a picture using less than half of the story. Linden told me what you can do, and what you think you've found. I think you're smart enough to realize that one man's thoughts aren't fact.

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

[A long pause.]

You don't know me very well, so I'll forgive you just this once. I have little tolerance for mistakes.

Or the people who accuse me of making them.

< Problemsolving >

[andeatit]

No, I don't know you. You don't know me either. Both of us are getting second-hand impressions. I trust Linden, and it's hard for him to lie when you're in his mind.

None of that matters. What matters is what you choose to do here. There's enough violence without you killing without reason.

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

I'm not some mindless sadist, Mr. Yagami. I kill to make this peninsula a better place. To protect it from the reign of the Fourth.

Some people would call my actions noble.

< Problemsolving >

[andeatit]

I don't know much about your world, but killing for the sake of religion has never ended well in mine.

You're not mindless. I believe that. That's why we're talking now. What do you worry will come out of the Fourth reigning? What do you think will come from the Fog winning instead?

[marcato]

The Fog intends to make this world into a paradise for Her children. Elias is a sloppy little boy who would crush all of us in his fists if he were able.

It's not about abstract ideals. It's about the fate of this world.

Surely a man like you understands.