[ This treachery to oneself...it is a betrayal that can only be summed up starting with the name of the individual themselves. But, is it such a terrible thing? In perceived danger, there may be something more surprising uncovered. ]
...Yes, that's quite a way of putting it! It certainly wouldn't benefit you to adopt the strategy that has done nothing for you before.
[ It's strange, that Argenti thinks hearing it all on its own before wouldn't have exactly rung. But, for what he's seen McGillis be, and interact with others, he thinks that benefit has benefited others...in a way that isn't just transactional.
But, surprisingly, when McGillis says that, about the straying of paths, he realizes that what what he's said at times, and his actions mean...he too has done that, and finally he lets out a sheepish laugh. Opposites, yet similarities in this. Strange, but true. ]
I suppose I've already strayed from my Path in the way I am now. It's strange, even before I hadn't thought that until now. Previously, I used to think it would mean failure, but...it isn't that I've given into losing my self. I can ruminate on what this means, that I am still who I am now, but...
I endeavor to still spread and protect the nature of Beauty; yet, it is independent of the expectations I was saddled with. Perhaps in that too I am seeing where it leads me still.
[ Would this remain the case if he were in his original universe, though...? The thought is ominous enough that he isn't willing to try considering finding out by heading back. ]
So, even if we are opposites in so many ways, we somehow seem to have taken actions to deviate noticeably from how we made our approaches to matters in life. But, I don't think it's in a way that would have truly changed us so that we're entirely unrecognizable.
Look at what this city has done to us! It's strange. But, it isn't terrible...except perhaps we may have to be on the lookout for the Goddess being quite smug about it. [ A gentle tease: ] Do you think you can withstand that, my dear friend?
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...Yes, that's quite a way of putting it! It certainly wouldn't benefit you to adopt the strategy that has done nothing for you before.
[ It's strange, that Argenti thinks hearing it all on its own before wouldn't have exactly rung. But, for what he's seen McGillis be, and interact with others, he thinks that benefit has benefited others...in a way that isn't just transactional.
But, surprisingly, when McGillis says that, about the straying of paths, he realizes that what what he's said at times, and his actions mean...he too has done that, and finally he lets out a sheepish laugh. Opposites, yet similarities in this. Strange, but true. ]
I suppose I've already strayed from my Path in the way I am now. It's strange, even before I hadn't thought that until now. Previously, I used to think it would mean failure, but...it isn't that I've given into losing my self. I can ruminate on what this means, that I am still who I am now, but...
I endeavor to still spread and protect the nature of Beauty; yet, it is independent of the expectations I was saddled with. Perhaps in that too I am seeing where it leads me still.
[ Would this remain the case if he were in his original universe, though...? The thought is ominous enough that he isn't willing to try considering finding out by heading back. ]
So, even if we are opposites in so many ways, we somehow seem to have taken actions to deviate noticeably from how we made our approaches to matters in life. But, I don't think it's in a way that would have truly changed us so that we're entirely unrecognizable.
Look at what this city has done to us! It's strange. But, it isn't terrible...except perhaps we may have to be on the lookout for the Goddess being quite smug about it. [ A gentle tease: ] Do you think you can withstand that, my dear friend?