[He lets out a sigh.] Selfishness or callousness is one thing... using suffering as entertainment is another.
[Ah- hm. Should he consider Beat unlucky for being drawn here, or lucky for missing the catastrophe by a hair's breadth?...]
...you might say that. If the city appears to be in a -- state of disarray, it's because we're recovering from a recent disaster.
[He nods a little, in the direction they'd just run from.] Those cursed areas, those nightmares -- they used to be everywhere at once. It hurt a lot of people. [He gives Beat Knight a lopsided smile.] I don't mean to alarm you. I hear the city's exorcists are trying to stamp all these lingering curses out -- it's only, it's a lot of ground to cover.
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[Ah- hm. Should he consider Beat unlucky for being drawn here, or lucky for missing the catastrophe by a hair's breadth?...]
...you might say that. If the city appears to be in a -- state of disarray, it's because we're recovering from a recent disaster.
[He nods a little, in the direction they'd just run from.] Those cursed areas, those nightmares -- they used to be everywhere at once. It hurt a lot of people. [He gives Beat Knight a lopsided smile.] I don't mean to alarm you. I hear the city's exorcists are trying to stamp all these lingering curses out -- it's only, it's a lot of ground to cover.