There's a tight, slightly angry smile from Koumyou for a second, but he kisses the back of Devero's hand again. He's angry at the system Dev is from, the society that thinks the evils of humanity are a matter of education--
He is not mad at Devero himself, and is trying to make that clear.
"You can't teach people not to be people. Money and resources are a convenient vehicle for greed, but they aren't greed itself. Otherwise, every rich politician and emperor would lose all inclination for it once they became what they are. Many people want power, they want influence, the adoration and envy of their fellows."
A handsome pet that everyone else wants but you hold the leash to, even.
"My world is a corrupt hell full of slavery, and rape, and murder. Abuses of all sorts, perpetuated by humans, by youkai, by Gods..."
But.
"But I have to say... at least my world is honest about it. It makes it a lot easier to resist, I think. To push back. To fight."
Devero's world is fucked up in whole different ways from Koumyou's. But to the priest's mind? It's not really any better a place. It just has prettier lies.
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He is not mad at Devero himself, and is trying to make that clear.
"You can't teach people not to be people. Money and resources are a convenient vehicle for greed, but they aren't greed itself. Otherwise, every rich politician and emperor would lose all inclination for it once they became what they are. Many people want power, they want influence, the adoration and envy of their fellows."
A handsome pet that everyone else wants but you hold the leash to, even.
"My world is a corrupt hell full of slavery, and rape, and murder. Abuses of all sorts, perpetuated by humans, by youkai, by Gods..."
But.
"But I have to say... at least my world is honest about it. It makes it a lot easier to resist, I think. To push back. To fight."
Devero's world is fucked up in whole different ways from Koumyou's. But to the priest's mind? It's not really any better a place. It just has prettier lies.