[[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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[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

... but... but maybe that's because you were attacking his friend!

[biteoffherhead]

That's precisely why he attacked me.

Humans will turn against the gods in revenge for receiving our punishment and judgment.

They knew that death would meet them if they assaulted our forest. They knew that it was the sacred forest of the god of Life and Death. But they pursued it anyway, and because it was my job to punish them, they began to hunt the gods themselves.

It's unforgivable. That is why I spare not a single human - they will always turn against the gods.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

But... maybe they didn't have a choice?

But not all humans are like that.

[biteoffherhead]

They chose to make a living by tearing apart our sacred forest and digging out the soil for the iron. Even now the iron slug in my chest was forged from the soil I was born on.

They were warned. They knew death would meet them if they dared defile our forest, and yet they built guns and shot at us regardless.

And those who did not build or wield the guns will hold guns themselves, shooting at us for killing the humans that are destroying us.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

...
Can't... you all come to some sort of compromise? Maybe they need the iron for something important?

[biteoffherhead]

Their iron either goes into my body or into the bodies of other humans. Or it goes into making tools to cut and kill our forest.

There is no other use for it.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

No, iron can be use to make other things too! Like pots and pans for cooks and cars and machines and all that! It can be useful!

[biteoffherhead]

And they chose guns!

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

.... [doesn't really know what to say to that...]

[biteoffherhead]

They chose to destroy the forest belonging to the god of life and death to mill the iron! Iron they use to make weapons to kill the gods that protect the forest!

They will all meet death at my jaws. That Eboshi woman that leads them especially.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

But... won't that make them destroy even more of the forest as revenge?

This... will never end.

[biteoffherhead]

It will end. It will end with the death of the gods. It will end with the death of the Forest Spirit. And when they cut of His head, everything will die.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

... why are they doing this? I really don't understand...

[biteoffherhead]

Humans are stupid. You and that boy Ashitaka still need to learn this.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

... but there are good people too...

Ashitaka?

[biteoffherhead]

One does not compensate for them all.

A stupid boy, who stood against both gods and humans, demanding the war to cease and peace be found. But there was no compromise on behalf of the humans, so there was no compromise from the gods.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

... there are more than one, I'm sure.

.. what happened to him then?

[biteoffherhead]

The actions of few do not compensate for the actions of many.

That boy... I do not know. The last I recall before the Forest Spirit granted me death was saving my human daughter from the clutches of a demon and giving her to him. Anything following the time the Forest Spirit relieved me of my agony and let me rest forever is beyond my knowledge, though I do slightly recall my head detaching itself and biting that damned Eboshi's arm off.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

...

You... died? Eh? Your head detached itself??

[biteoffherhead]

There's a human saying. "Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite."

That is no metaphor, child.

[karatebunny.livejournal.com]

Wow...