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I frowned at him, and gave him a chastising look.
>'The stuff you let on the airwaves is exactly what radicalizes people to write their own versions of 'The Right to Kill'. Just the other day, you let Thandir broadcast the slaughter of thousands of children on live television. How do you justify that? Can it even be justified?'
[YASUKUNI] "..."
I sighed.
>'Some level of censorship is indeed needed, but how do you justify the absurd amount done by the Trinity besides "they're on top"? If merely being in power is reason enough, you're no different from those who follow Votash and think that everything can be done as long as you can get away with it. And you're responsible for broadcasting the crimes of the Trinity, for desensitizing people to them and making it a common thing in their lives. Are you gonna tell me those things are okay, that your conscience doesn't object to it?"
[YASUKUNI] "..."
[LUDWYHN] "Heh. Cat gottis' tongue? Lad cannae' even defend his posishun'."
[ESKART] "Because it is an indefensible position. He knows very well what he's doing is wrong, you can see it in his eyes."
[YASUKUNI] "Of course it is! But what am I supposed to do?! I'm trapped in here like a rat all day, all night! I'm not allowed to leave the Capital! This... this thing!"
Yasukuni shook the small radio device he held.
[YASUKUNI] "They put my power in this! To ensure I couldn't use it against them!"
The device?
'What is that thing?'
[YASUKUNI] "They made it for me during the dawn of the radio, over three thousand years ago. Before we had anything we have today, we had radio. That was when I joined the Kingdom. They promised me that I would get to do what I really wanted, bring amusement and joy to mortals. It was an advancing age, I couldn't keep up with it without their help. In that time, "Media" was just stageplays, theatre, silent films and books. Traveling troupes, circuses and stunts. I was an obsolete Demigod."
'And you trusted them?'
[YASUKUNI] "It wasn't always like this... It was different in the New Beginning. They weren't so bad back then. I got a promotion, and they gave me this, and helped me shunt my power into it. With this seemingly ordinary device, in actuality, a holy instrument, I can control radio waves and broadcasts worldwide. I could turn every television in the world on and off at once if I wanted. It was a one sided bargain! They-T-They always played the long game! They just waited to ease me into it! Now I'm just a puppet! I'm just a puppet and nothing else! Media... it isn't what I wanted it to be!"
