[The offer to have a seat is appreciated- he would have just stood there otherwise- and he'll take him up on it, making his way over to sit on the edge of the bed. He's still nervously worrying the cuff around his wrist, his claw tracing the bright blue markers on it as he glances from his lap back up to Gnosis.]
It is the same with Sargon. And even if I had the opportunity to hear about them, I doubt I would have learned much.
[Sesa has been...singularly focused on One Thing for so long that there hasn't been a lot of room for much else. At least, not until he joined up with Rhodes.]
I fear I may have spoken out of turn downstairs.
[Irene seemed...incensed. And he hadn't understood why.]
"Out of turn" is slashing someone with a blade to see if they bleed blue or not. Not that I'm forgiving Mizuki for feeding everyone parts of himself, but I don't believe it warranted an attack.
[Sigh.]
Regardless, this is tricky to explain. Seaborn are, effectively, a hivemind race of sea-faring creatures akin to Aegir. I know little about them, but I understand that it's customary for them to work on adding others to their hivemind and expanding it as much as possible. The Abyssal Hunters — you might have seen them on the landship before — are lab-created Seaborn-hybrids made to stop the Seaborn threat. If you see Gladiia on the landship if we get out of here, I'm sure she'd be willing to tell you about it.
As for the Profound Silence, I've heard only second-hand accounts. Most Operators are too young to have experienced it, including both Mizuki and Irene, as it happened over forty years ago. Irene did explain it to Elsword when he was getting protective, [as he does,] but it is as she said: The Seaborn, over forty years ago, attacked Iberia's coastlines and devastated their infrastructure and society to the point where they were no longer the strongest nation on Terra. That said, what she conveniently left out is that wars are bred from two sides, not one.
[Sips his know-it-all tea.]
The Iberians incited violence against the Seaborn first, from what I read. According to Thorns, Iberian teachings are... what they are, so I don't entirely blame her for seeing this as a one-sided issue. After all, crimes during war are still crimes during war, regardless of who lit the flames first.
After the Profound Silence, though, Iberia became... well, according to the Iberian Operators I've spoken to, and these are direct quotes: "Racist", "a hellhole", and "the worst place on Terra", if you're Aegirian. The Iberian Inquisition, which Irene is a part of, cracked down on and terrorized the Aegir population ever since, since there's believed to be a connection of some sort between the Seaborn and Aegir. Credit where credit is due, though: Irene does have an Aegirian friend. Lumen, the... squirrelly Medic Operator. The one with the blue hair and anxiety. I don't think she means ill toward Aegir entirely, but Seaborn are another story, and I don't blame her for that.
Like the people of Kjerag, Iberians tend to be... zealots.
[Sesa is silent as Gnosis explains. He genuinely appreciates Gnosis taking the time to lay everything out for him like this, even if the Liberi doesn't fully understand it all himself. He wants to understand, but he's starting to realize that this isn't just a matter of Mizuki being potentially dangerous...it goes a lot deeper than that.
He doesn't want to be biased, nor does he want to make snap judgements without having all of the facts. Irene's reaction, given what she has likely lived through and how she's been raised, is ultimately explainable, even though he wouldn't call it justified. Mizuki, in contrast...
How is he meant to change the way he is?
It's a lot to process, and it shows in the way his expression darkens, the tip of his tail whipping about near his ankles.]
I see.
...you know. I don't think Mizuki hid his true self from us out of malicious intent, as she seemed to imply. I understand her frustrations, but...I know Mizuki. He wouldn't do that.
[Maybe that's naive of him, but it's what he believes with conviction.]
Clearly, he at the very least knew this is the sort of reaction from some of us that it would have elicited. I cannot say I would have acted differently.
...ah, that's right. You and Mizuki are gaming friends, aren't you?
[Gnosis doesn't know much about the little guy... less now, he feels. But still.]
I don't believe anyone hides details like that out of malice, either. There's rarely a person on Terra, or in other worlds I imagine, who doesn't have something to hide.
[Sesa nods, pulling his claws through the edge of his hair draped over his shoulder.]
Yes. I know...how that feels.
[He has so, SO many secrets that he's kept...even from himself. He couldn't begin to count them all.]
Mizuki means a lot to me. I never wish to see him hurting, or upset...or feeling as if there are things he can't talk to us about. But at the same time, I want to respect his boundaries, particularly in matters I couldn't ever understand.
That's quite noble of you. Far more noble than Irene was, though I'd hate to see what would have happened if that discussion was had in private. I worry Mizuki wouldn't have defended himself. He seems to be...
[Gnosis carefully picks his words here, humming thoughtfully.]
...someone who would stand in front of a moving train if someone demanded he do it. Whether that's noble or stupid is for you to decide, based on context.
[He loves Mizuki with his entire heart, but also. Why.]
Mizuki wants nothing more for folks to get along. I know that if he could have gotten away with it, he probably would have never told us about any of this. And why should he have to? It isn't as if it changes much...at least, not for some of us.
[The, uh. The thing about feeding them his tentacles is a bit much, but Sesa is Sargonian, he eats suspect shit all the time, so maybe he's not someone who should be counted in this.]
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[The offer to have a seat is appreciated- he would have just stood there otherwise- and he'll take him up on it, making his way over to sit on the edge of the bed. He's still nervously worrying the cuff around his wrist, his claw tracing the bright blue markers on it as he glances from his lap back up to Gnosis.]
It is the same with Sargon. And even if I had the opportunity to hear about them, I doubt I would have learned much.
[Sesa has been...singularly focused on One Thing for so long that there hasn't been a lot of room for much else. At least, not until he joined up with Rhodes.]
I fear I may have spoken out of turn downstairs.
[Irene seemed...incensed. And he hadn't understood why.]
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[Sigh.]
Regardless, this is tricky to explain. Seaborn are, effectively, a hivemind race of sea-faring creatures akin to Aegir. I know little about them, but I understand that it's customary for them to work on adding others to their hivemind and expanding it as much as possible. The Abyssal Hunters — you might have seen them on the landship before — are lab-created Seaborn-hybrids made to stop the Seaborn threat. If you see Gladiia on the landship if we get out of here, I'm sure she'd be willing to tell you about it.
As for the Profound Silence, I've heard only second-hand accounts. Most Operators are too young to have experienced it, including both Mizuki and Irene, as it happened over forty years ago. Irene did explain it to Elsword when he was getting protective, [as he does,] but it is as she said: The Seaborn, over forty years ago, attacked Iberia's coastlines and devastated their infrastructure and society to the point where they were no longer the strongest nation on Terra. That said, what she conveniently left out is that wars are bred from two sides, not one.
[Sips his know-it-all tea.]
The Iberians incited violence against the Seaborn first, from what I read. According to Thorns, Iberian teachings are... what they are, so I don't entirely blame her for seeing this as a one-sided issue. After all, crimes during war are still crimes during war, regardless of who lit the flames first.
After the Profound Silence, though, Iberia became... well, according to the Iberian Operators I've spoken to, and these are direct quotes: "Racist", "a hellhole", and "the worst place on Terra", if you're Aegirian. The Iberian Inquisition, which Irene is a part of, cracked down on and terrorized the Aegir population ever since, since there's believed to be a connection of some sort between the Seaborn and Aegir. Credit where credit is due, though: Irene does have an Aegirian friend. Lumen, the... squirrelly Medic Operator. The one with the blue hair and anxiety. I don't think she means ill toward Aegir entirely, but Seaborn are another story, and I don't blame her for that.
Like the people of Kjerag, Iberians tend to be... zealots.
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He doesn't want to be biased, nor does he want to make snap judgements without having all of the facts. Irene's reaction, given what she has likely lived through and how she's been raised, is ultimately explainable, even though he wouldn't call it justified. Mizuki, in contrast...
How is he meant to change the way he is?
It's a lot to process, and it shows in the way his expression darkens, the tip of his tail whipping about near his ankles.]
I see.
...you know. I don't think Mizuki hid his true self from us out of malicious intent, as she seemed to imply. I understand her frustrations, but...I know Mizuki. He wouldn't do that.
[Maybe that's naive of him, but it's what he believes with conviction.]
Clearly, he at the very least knew this is the sort of reaction from some of us that it would have elicited. I cannot say I would have acted differently.
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[Gnosis doesn't know much about the little guy... less now, he feels. But still.]
I don't believe anyone hides details like that out of malice, either. There's rarely a person on Terra, or in other worlds I imagine, who doesn't have something to hide.
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Yes. I know...how that feels.
[He has so, SO many secrets that he's kept...even from himself. He couldn't begin to count them all.]
Mizuki means a lot to me. I never wish to see him hurting, or upset...or feeling as if there are things he can't talk to us about. But at the same time, I want to respect his boundaries, particularly in matters I couldn't ever understand.
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[Gnosis carefully picks his words here, humming thoughtfully.]
...someone who would stand in front of a moving train if someone demanded he do it. Whether that's noble or stupid is for you to decide, based on context.
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I hate to admit that I agree with you.
[He loves Mizuki with his entire heart, but also. Why.]
Mizuki wants nothing more for folks to get along. I know that if he could have gotten away with it, he probably would have never told us about any of this. And why should he have to? It isn't as if it changes much...at least, not for some of us.
[The, uh. The thing about feeding them his tentacles is a bit much, but Sesa is Sargonian, he eats suspect shit all the time, so maybe he's not someone who should be counted in this.]