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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3676850" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>"The reasoning is not circular. It is very simple. If you do not think that <em>zij</em> can apply to you, then you have no <em>vhal</em>. A person like that is no better than an animal. They will rape and kill and steal with no remorse. As for me, my <em>vhal</em> is what makes me who I am. I have lost everything else I once had. Without <em>vhal</em>, I might as well be dead."</p><p></p><p>"As to the eight <em>tal zij</em>. They will be gone long before that happens. They may be gone before we reach the desert if we have a few weeks left, I do not recall. I plan on being harsh with them out of respect. It means they will not have as long to serve. If you will not except them as <em>tal zij</em> to you, the least you could do is flog them until you feel the <em>zij</em> is repaid. It is the way they regain their <em>vhal</em>, and then their past actions are erased in our eyes. If you do nothing, then you are doing them a disservice, don't you see?"</p><p></p><p>(OOC: Why is Lasair Neutral Good and not Lawful Good, you might ask? Because she's also highly individualistic and has zero respect for those who claim to be lawful authorities just on the basis of the authority. It's similar to how the Paladin of Freedom can have a strict code of conduct and still be Chaotic Good)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3676850, member: 29014"] "The reasoning is not circular. It is very simple. If you do not think that [I]zij[/I] can apply to you, then you have no [I]vhal[/I]. A person like that is no better than an animal. They will rape and kill and steal with no remorse. As for me, my [I]vhal[/I] is what makes me who I am. I have lost everything else I once had. Without [I]vhal[/I], I might as well be dead." "As to the eight [I]tal zij[/I]. They will be gone long before that happens. They may be gone before we reach the desert if we have a few weeks left, I do not recall. I plan on being harsh with them out of respect. It means they will not have as long to serve. If you will not except them as [I]tal zij[/I] to you, the least you could do is flog them until you feel the [I]zij[/I] is repaid. It is the way they regain their [I]vhal[/I], and then their past actions are erased in our eyes. If you do nothing, then you are doing them a disservice, don't you see?" (OOC: Why is Lasair Neutral Good and not Lawful Good, you might ask? Because she's also highly individualistic and has zero respect for those who claim to be lawful authorities just on the basis of the authority. It's similar to how the Paladin of Freedom can have a strict code of conduct and still be Chaotic Good) [/QUOTE]
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