Nobody gets a say in what's fair. You have no less power than a washerwoman. Everyone has to handle that, whether they like it or not.
[ Perhaps Cloud has more power. To fight for what he believes in, to have the power of his own physical acumen on his side, to choose which side to fight for. All of the regular people caught in the middle have nothing to do but try to survive to the next day. People who are able to use force in order to exert their will - Kim included; it had been on his mind when he'd first signed up with the RCM, bright-eyed and bushytailed - will always have more than the people who are just swept up with the rest of it.
But they don't have that much power. Not like the people who are truly in charge. They're merely caught in the in-between, of people who have just enough that they can't complain about it in the same way that others can, entirely at the mercies of the powers that be. He glances over at Cloud, mouth twitching at the corner. ]
In any case, let's not test fate with questions like those. I don't think we'd like the answers. [ He slows to a stop, just in front of Sutoku housing. It looms before them, poorly kept and in shambles, fitting of the fact that it had been freely given to them. Kim could probably move out if he wanted to by now, but he doesn't. It honestly feels a bit like home. He stares up at his own apartment, with a little squat mint plant peeking through the window. ] At the very least, we have a roof over our heads. You're still living here too, yes?
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[ Perhaps Cloud has more power. To fight for what he believes in, to have the power of his own physical acumen on his side, to choose which side to fight for. All of the regular people caught in the middle have nothing to do but try to survive to the next day. People who are able to use force in order to exert their will - Kim included; it had been on his mind when he'd first signed up with the RCM, bright-eyed and bushytailed - will always have more than the people who are just swept up with the rest of it.
But they don't have that much power. Not like the people who are truly in charge. They're merely caught in the in-between, of people who have just enough that they can't complain about it in the same way that others can, entirely at the mercies of the powers that be. He glances over at Cloud, mouth twitching at the corner. ]
In any case, let's not test fate with questions like those. I don't think we'd like the answers. [ He slows to a stop, just in front of Sutoku housing. It looms before them, poorly kept and in shambles, fitting of the fact that it had been freely given to them. Kim could probably move out if he wanted to by now, but he doesn't. It honestly feels a bit like home. He stares up at his own apartment, with a little squat mint plant peeking through the window. ] At the very least, we have a roof over our heads. You're still living here too, yes?