[[Voiced]]

[biteoffherhead]

[There's a long pause, and then, Moro's voice.]


...So this... thing... is capable of repeating my voice?  So that all may hear it?


Hmmhmmhmm.  I suppose it might be useful. 

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[targetprime.livejournal.com]

I wish you well in your stay. Perhaps something here will be able to sway you.

[biteoffherhead]

If that boy Ashitaka could not sway me, nothing will.

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

...If you insist.

[biteoffherhead]

I have been fighting for the same thing my whole life. My duty is ingrained in my very blood.

Nothing is going to change that unless the humans cease their violence towards the world of the spirits altogether.

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

...

...Things change, sometimes. But I am no god.

[He glances away from the journal, looking agitated. This is all hitting too close to home.]

[biteoffherhead]

Things change.

Of course they do, but it takes the intent of mass genocide for it to occur.

All was peaceful until the humans turned their weapons against the gods. Things changed at that very moment.

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

...I see. The story is the same no matter what universe it is, then.

[Wheee, emotional torment]

[biteoffherhead]

They would slaughter the gods and burn down the forest belonging to the Forest Spirit. They would cut off the head of the god of life and death so that they may extract iron from the earth underneath the forest.

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

[/HORRIFIED.]

T-that's awful! Surely some of them opposed...?!

[biteoffherhead]

Just that boy, Ashitaka. He isn't even native to the land.

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

...

Perhaps that is way he opposed. It's possible he was raised in a different manner than those who would destroy your forest.

And from him...there could be others.

[biteoffherhead]

From what I understand, those particular tribes have been banished and wiped out in human wars... apparently the boy's tribe is less than a hundred people, tucked away in hiding far from where the gods reside.

They are a dying race because of the humans that declare war.

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

...Technology often advances far faster than humanity. I will agree with you there. But I cannot believe that they are completely incapable of redemption. I have seen otherwise.

However...if you turn out to be correct, then I vow this to you...

[His face darkens suddenly, and one can almost see what he will become]

I will remedy the situation.

[biteoffherhead]

Oh? You'll join forces with the wolf clan, and kill the humans?

[Private]

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

There are no "wolves" where I am returning.

There is something else I can do, something that will wash the world away of its sin once more.

[His face softens again]

But for the sake of everyone with even a glimmer of redemption in their souls, I pray you are mistaken.

[Private]

[biteoffherhead]

Compromise.

Hesitation.

Such things are found in humans, but they cost too much for the gods to hold close.

[Private]

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

I am no god, despite what my Elders would like to believe.

Perhaps not human either, all things considered. Though it matters not in the end.

I have not the benefit of your experience. Until I am sure in my conviction, the only thing I can do is hesitate and compromise.

I cannot make such a decision as lightly as I could before.

[Private]

[biteoffherhead]

Such is a human weakness, I expect nothing more of you.

[Private]

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

That's all right then.

[Private]

[biteoffherhead]

Do as you like, boy, but if you try to hold my jaw closed then you will be a meal yourself.

[Private]

[targetprime.livejournal.com]

I'll hope it doesn't come to that then.