RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
01-20-2021, 02:50 AM
>Adler: Uh, wait- wait. Hold on a minute now. Sure, Ash's threat's where just a test, sure, and you passed,great, it's good to pass tests. However, tests or no, you're still apprehensive at having someone as unseelie as Ash working for you. He's a bad-bad man!
>Ash: Point out that compared to many other historical figures in Faerie, your tactics are positively mild in comparison. How many did the first emperor kill?
>Adler: That's different, Ash kills people thoughtlessly at the drop of a hat. He treats people like things, a mere resource.
>Ash: Untrue, you have thought them all out very thoroughly. You killed Walnut Marten's siblings to place him in a desperate and vulnerable position which you then saved him from allowing you to reap the rewards of his gratitude. You did the same thing to the younger Marten siblings with their now lost brother for the same reason. Gratitude is one of the most valuable currencies around, and if you have to artificially cultivate it, well, so be it. Also, you take exception to treating people like a resource. You have never treated elves in the same manner; there were assassinations, of course, but those where with dignity. Lowfolk aren't people, they're vermin. They should consider themselves lucky to be a resource for anything. By Fuma, Adler hasn't even been trapped among lowfolk for even a fraction as long as you and already he's going native?
>Adler: Deny it, the lowfolk hold no sway over you whatsoever!
>Ash: Hmmm... His crying session with Vernier says otherwise, but that's beside the point. The reason why the path you are opening up to Adler she be so valuable to him is because it allows him to finally be independent. With your assistance Adler can cultivate a vast amount of resources to put at his disposal that are only his. He won't have to rely on allies of convenience or people trying to turn him into a puppet. Just Adler and his plan. Sure, there's still you, but your motivations are straightforward, you just want to go home, and you are prepared to swear an oath that you will never bother Adler with any requests ever again. Think about it, no sisterhood trying to castrate and lobotomize him, no Duchess trying to force him into a marriage, no more deals with cretins who will only betray him a week later. And let's be honest here. The textbook definition of insanity is "Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result." How many times has Adler tried doing things the seelie way and how many times has it worked out? Maybe, just maybe it's time to try something different.
>Adler: ...
>Ash: Sometimes, the easy way is the best way.
>Ash: Point out that compared to many other historical figures in Faerie, your tactics are positively mild in comparison. How many did the first emperor kill?
>Adler: That's different, Ash kills people thoughtlessly at the drop of a hat. He treats people like things, a mere resource.
>Ash: Untrue, you have thought them all out very thoroughly. You killed Walnut Marten's siblings to place him in a desperate and vulnerable position which you then saved him from allowing you to reap the rewards of his gratitude. You did the same thing to the younger Marten siblings with their now lost brother for the same reason. Gratitude is one of the most valuable currencies around, and if you have to artificially cultivate it, well, so be it. Also, you take exception to treating people like a resource. You have never treated elves in the same manner; there were assassinations, of course, but those where with dignity. Lowfolk aren't people, they're vermin. They should consider themselves lucky to be a resource for anything. By Fuma, Adler hasn't even been trapped among lowfolk for even a fraction as long as you and already he's going native?
>Adler: Deny it, the lowfolk hold no sway over you whatsoever!
>Ash: Hmmm... His crying session with Vernier says otherwise, but that's beside the point. The reason why the path you are opening up to Adler she be so valuable to him is because it allows him to finally be independent. With your assistance Adler can cultivate a vast amount of resources to put at his disposal that are only his. He won't have to rely on allies of convenience or people trying to turn him into a puppet. Just Adler and his plan. Sure, there's still you, but your motivations are straightforward, you just want to go home, and you are prepared to swear an oath that you will never bother Adler with any requests ever again. Think about it, no sisterhood trying to castrate and lobotomize him, no Duchess trying to force him into a marriage, no more deals with cretins who will only betray him a week later. And let's be honest here. The textbook definition of insanity is "Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result." How many times has Adler tried doing things the seelie way and how many times has it worked out? Maybe, just maybe it's time to try something different.
>Adler: ...
>Ash: Sometimes, the easy way is the best way.