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« on: March 16, 2015, 12:00:33 am »
((>_< I just realised Karma's last name is Kato, not Karo. Rectifying my mistake.))
Aisaka glares at him, and suddenly her expression is far less forgiving, far more punishing and bitter and yet somewhat pensive.
"You treat this like some sort of game, yet you know not the sacrifices of the people who came before. You act as if you are somehow superior to all of it, as if you somehow understand it all far more than anyone else here.
Firstly, I HAD Kyousuke analyse you and all of your peers. You are neither the strongest, nor the best, nor even unique, save for your Persona's appearance.
The physically strongest here is Mathers, the magically strongest Tachibana, and the most potential, the friend you mistreat and use as a human shield, Owen, Furukawa or the boy we saved. And you can claim that he will do anything to insult you- rest assured, he is far less petulant than that. And, if I recall, you nearly died several times, while the people you claimed were 'weak' spent effort attempting to save you despite an attitude that, in school, would be merely annoying, but in here, is almost asking for death.
Even without the analysis, that is enough proof against your claim that you must be wilfully blind to deny it- so don't attempt to speak to me about this 'strongest one' nonsense. I have more than enough to counter it.
Secondly, I did indeed have one other group with me; of that, you are correct. That other group, with the exception of one, still remains alive, if no longer active.
And the one? Her death is the reason most of the others except Maria and Kyousuke retired.
They could not handle the fact that people will and can die doing this, if they are not careful. A concept you do not seem to grasp. They did not grasp the gravity of their task.
They treated it exactly the same way you did- right up to daring to rush the Reaper because it was only 'one' Shadow.
And for that, one of them died in the line of duty.
I had to tell her parents, personally, that she died. I couldn't even tell them how.
As I said, if you are not prepared for the risks of Achronos, then taking up the burden of protecting everyone from it is not a task you should consider. And you have all but proven you aren't.
Get out of my office.
As for your concerns, Acura, no, we do not have a method, regrettably.
Acura, dismissed."
She says all of this without raising her voice above a stern, calm tone.
She completely ignores any retort Karma has and simply turns around, looking at the window in her office.
