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[No staircases for Break.

He somehow goes ass over teakettle out of his open window, where he'd been sitting on the sill, landing in the soft garden outside with a rather surprised yell. The PCD in particular tumbles out of his hands, and lands in the grass, while Break lies on his back, blinking in shock.

That was unexpected.]


Really.

Really.

Date: 2010-09-08 07:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
How's your condition now?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
All answer all your questions accurately and to the best of my abilities if you tell me everything you know about 'that Espada' and his hospital.

Date: 2010-09-08 07:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
...You lied about being a willing subject just a few minutes ago - why should I believe this?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Question for question, then.

Date: 2010-09-08 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
Fair enough.

How is your condition?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Deteriorating.

What's his name?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
Szayel Aporro Grantz.

How quickly?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
More rapidly than before. The blood is back in my lungs.

Why did you say that, about the dissection?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
He plays at being a scientist, and has an over-elevated view of his own abilities.

How long do you think you have?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
I don't know how to tell. If I had to guess, I'll be back at the point I was within three or four months. From there, it's anyone's guess.

It could also, I realize, be rotting my mind, which could take me sooner.

What makes him different from you?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
Everything. If you want an example: back in my world, I killed him without ever having to attack him.

Let me replace your lungs, and we'll see how your brain fares?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
That's an offer, not a question. But to reply literally, no, I still don't intend to let you near me.

Tell me how you killed him?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
Well, the second time he made the mistake of rebirthing himself through Nemu.

It was both, don't be picky. What would change that intention?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Please explain.

The recipe calls for one part forgiveness, two parts desperation, a pinch of insanity and a larger portion of masochism than I currently possess.

Date: 2010-09-08 07:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
Explain which part? My sword ate him for me the first time.

If you're afraid of pain, I can give you something for it this time, if it helps?

Date: 2010-09-08 07:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Your sword eats people?

-all right. I can't keep track of the back and forth. Let me explain this as clearly as I can, elaborate if I need to, then you can tell me the whole story, all right? I think we've been skirting this issue for a while.

[And he always feels this close to making him get it.]

Date: 2010-09-08 07:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
It can.

...And alright, go ahead.

Date: 2010-09-08 08:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Human interaction is governed by an... unwritten code of conduct. That code of conduct has been negotiated silently, and sometimes through law and religious bodies, for a very long time. It is a culmination of the needs and desires of many, many people. One of the very basic pillars of this system is the idea that one does not subject the people around them to bodily harm without reason.

I know you believe you had good reason, but those are your values and do not reflect my own. I do not, and never will believe that what you did to me was acceptable because it was in the name of experimentation. I value my bodily autonomy far more highly than I do your experiments. The fact that you had to subdue me physically to get me to participate makes me think you knew I would, too.

Following so far?

Date: 2010-09-08 08:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Please, slow me down and ask questions if you need to. The next part gets tricky.

First of all, there's the fact that you broke the rules of this code of conduct. The consequences are that you're pegged, henceforth, as a potentially dangerous and ultimately unpredictable entity. Your unpredictability makes you all the more dangerous.

Second of all, there's the anger. You caused me tremendous physical pain, and put me in a position where I was helpless and afraid. All of those things translate very easily to an anger response, which in turn leads to spite. Fundamentally, I do not want to let you have this, even if it would be ultimately painless for me, which it would not be.

You are untrustworthy, and unlikeable.

Date: 2010-09-08 08:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
[Actually trying to understand this - no one's ever tried to explain 'ethics' out to him in this manner.

On an emotional level though, it doesn't resonate at all.]


Why would I put your rules of conduct before my own? I can see why you'd prefer to follow yours, and even that you'd expect me to do the same - but not why I should, as a default, care about your opinions.

And I don't see what's untrustworthy about anything I did. I never lied to get you to visit me. [That was Yuca's job.]

Date: 2010-09-08 08:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Because my rules of conduct are shared by the general population... where I come from, at least. You can accept them, and be a part of that society, or you can reject them and exist as a frightening, inexplicable Other. I've been a bit of an Other myself most of my life- it's not necessarily a bad thing, but deviation from the norm has consequences, and one of them can be rejection.

A good example is the way Yuca was treated after his angels got loose. The social norm is that no one sets plagues of angels loose on everyone, Yuca violated that norm, and people that had considered themselves his friend rejected him. He violated the rules of that social contract.

You permitted Yuca to deceive me into coming there, stabbed me, and operated on me explicitly without my consent. You have done nothing to prove that you would not do it again.

Date: 2010-09-08 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
I'm aware of the consequences of 'deviating from the norm.'

And yes, I know all of that nonsense exists, but why should it matter to me? I've never paid attention to it - I wouldn't have my current position if it mattered. Even if it had mattered, I don't see why I would change.

My science is the important thing. It's not something that can be compromised over. The rules of some ignorant, uneducated, majority don't supersede my own.

And of course I permitted him. It's not my fault you wouldn't have agreed if Yuca had told you exactly what was going on. And if you gave consent now, then you wouldn't have to worry about being operated on without it, if it's so important to you.

Date: 2010-09-08 08:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Slow down.

Importance is a value judgement, and essentially meaningless. You value science, other people value personal safety. There's a conflict, leave it at that. The problem occurs when your values conflict with other peoples so violently. You treated me as an experiment, a means to your science, and in turn I will treat you as a threat to what I value, to my personal autonomy. It doesn't make either of us right; right and wrongness are social constructs, or personal constructs in your case, since you're in a society of one. But it affects the way we interact with one another.

The issue now is that your violation of my social code has made you the sort of person I am unlikely to give consent to in the future. It proved that you do not respect my boundaries. Why would I consent to put myself at the mercy of someone who I know does not? We could work out some kind of collateral, I suppose, or supervision for you to guarantee that you didn't take things too far again. But that wouldn't undo how angry I am with you, so I don't have much reason to try.

Date: 2010-09-08 08:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-of-reason.livejournal.com
I agree that there's no inherent meaning - in what I do, or what anyone else does. Right and wrong is just a matter of opinion; fundamental, absolute truth doesn't exist. So your societal constructs are of no more value than my own. There's no point in them.

So you refuse my experiments just because you're angry? ...I suppose the better question is when you'll decide to get over it. Your consent is just as meaningless as society's; it's a convenience and nothing else.

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