[ Oh. My god. Jesus christ Nishitani, Roland practically chokes on the coffee he JUST finished making and took a sip of when he asks that. REALLY?
Long, long pause, as he gets air back into his system, because. ]
... Because you don't happen to know this... not everyone's like you. Sorry. I mean, I'm sure there's... some... demons that enjoy that kind of thing, but... most of my friends aren't all that old. They're... far younger than I am, at any rate. Teenagers. Incredibly skilled teenagers that have been through hell, yes, but teenagers all the same.
They can't be older than Arianna.
And anyway, even if they were... there'd be no reason for that. That kind of thing doesn't happen. The only time scars like this would come up would be if we lost. And the Embryon don't lose. They're killing machines.
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Long, long pause, as he gets air back into his system, because. ]
... Because you don't happen to know this... not everyone's like you. Sorry. I mean, I'm sure there's... some... demons that enjoy that kind of thing, but... most of my friends aren't all that old. They're... far younger than I am, at any rate. Teenagers. Incredibly skilled teenagers that have been through hell, yes, but teenagers all the same.
They can't be older than Arianna.
And anyway, even if they were... there'd be no reason for that. That kind of thing doesn't happen. The only time scars like this would come up would be if we lost. And the Embryon don't lose. They're killing machines.