. . . With all due respect, Maya, she is and will remain on trial until she releases the people I am responsible for from this place and the forms she's trapped them in.
[His voice is still calm. If anything, calmer, not in the cold of his anger but in resolution.]
If you choose to engage me in conversation on this subject, you're stepping into a courtroom by default. I understand that that isn't how many, if not most, people here consider the issue of the Fog God, and I can respect that. I can and do trust you to do what you believe is right, which it sounds like you are doing, whether or not I personally think it's a safe plan and whether or not I'm concerned for you. I underestimated the complexity of the situation, and I'm sorry for that.
But if you want me to ask you questions on this subject honestly and in good faith, she is going to be on trial. It's her fault that I'm here, but to be frank with you that's not the problem. There are people who are, in one way or another, my responsibility, and she is causing them pain. You told me all I can do is be there for the people who matter to me. This is how I do that. There is no forgiveness. She's guilty until I get proof that all of this was some terrible misunderstanding. Because she's messed with my people. No one gets away with that. Not even a god, and certainly not on such flimsy reasoning as a claim of not understanding.
If these questions are uncomfortable for you, then perhaps we shouldn't talk about this anymore. If you're fine with continuing, please respect that it's not a conversation that I'm able to have without her culpability as part of the picture.
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[His voice is still calm. If anything, calmer, not in the cold of his anger but in resolution.]
If you choose to engage me in conversation on this subject, you're stepping into a courtroom by default. I understand that that isn't how many, if not most, people here consider the issue of the Fog God, and I can respect that. I can and do trust you to do what you believe is right, which it sounds like you are doing, whether or not I personally think it's a safe plan and whether or not I'm concerned for you. I underestimated the complexity of the situation, and I'm sorry for that.
But if you want me to ask you questions on this subject honestly and in good faith, she is going to be on trial. It's her fault that I'm here, but to be frank with you that's not the problem. There are people who are, in one way or another, my responsibility, and she is causing them pain. You told me all I can do is be there for the people who matter to me. This is how I do that. There is no forgiveness. She's guilty until I get proof that all of this was some terrible misunderstanding. Because she's messed with my people. No one gets away with that. Not even a god, and certainly not on such flimsy reasoning as a claim of not understanding.
If these questions are uncomfortable for you, then perhaps we shouldn't talk about this anymore. If you're fine with continuing, please respect that it's not a conversation that I'm able to have without her culpability as part of the picture.