Turning his head slightly, lifting it out of his hand, Declan considered Aoba for a moment. Running over their previous conversations, he could guess what the comment was in regards to.
"I think the short answer is no," he replied, leaning further down and resting his chin on folded arms. "The "means" are always pretty historically dirty," the Titan mused with a soft sigh.
"In war, it's about winning. Less moral factions in past battles would want to win no matter the cost, sacrificing arable land, young soldiers, precious places. They'd burn fields so other armies would starve, conscript their children to have the necessary numbers. War is an ugly thing, no matter what side you're on. At least the way things are, the cost was the lowest possible. No children died for this," he gestured vaguely at the city behind them.
"No fields were burned by the people trying to survive, no cities sacked, no ugliness. In an effort to protect everyone, the Traveler made the Guardians from nothing. There was no immediate cost to those that needed protecting. Now, centuries later, Guardians may have questions and may want different lives, but at least we live every day knowing that our existence is, on the whole, a matter of a desperate attempt to keep doing good. There was no loss of life...our lives were already lost."
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"I think the short answer is no," he replied, leaning further down and resting his chin on folded arms. "The "means" are always pretty historically dirty," the Titan mused with a soft sigh.
"In war, it's about winning. Less moral factions in past battles would want to win no matter the cost, sacrificing arable land, young soldiers, precious places. They'd burn fields so other armies would starve, conscript their children to have the necessary numbers. War is an ugly thing, no matter what side you're on. At least the way things are, the cost was the lowest possible. No children died for this," he gestured vaguely at the city behind them.
"No fields were burned by the people trying to survive, no cities sacked, no ugliness. In an effort to protect everyone, the Traveler made the Guardians from nothing. There was no immediate cost to those that needed protecting. Now, centuries later, Guardians may have questions and may want different lives, but at least we live every day knowing that our existence is, on the whole, a matter of a desperate attempt to keep doing good. There was no loss of life...our lives were already lost."