Thanks. I mean, for what it's worth I don't think you're a bad guy either.
[honestly, sometimes riptide struggles to comprehend anything that isn't fighting. it still happens, and he expects it to continue happening for the rest of his life. everything is just the quiet in between the fighting. it'll never stop and he'll never be anything other than cannon fodder.
he shakes the line of thought off when niko pats his leg.]
That's every war, though, isn't it? A point that a few people want to make, and they bring the kids into it and they don't even know what the point is, but die for it anyway.
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[honestly, sometimes riptide struggles to comprehend anything that isn't fighting. it still happens, and he expects it to continue happening for the rest of his life. everything is just the quiet in between the fighting. it'll never stop and he'll never be anything other than cannon fodder.
he shakes the line of thought off when niko pats his leg.]
That's every war, though, isn't it? A point that a few people want to make, and they bring the kids into it and they don't even know what the point is, but die for it anyway.