[ Yuri suspects most trueborn Faerghans would feel exactly the same way. They were raised on adversity, on struggle, taught how to fight and claw their way through and survive. Cutting a path to the future was something many of them strongly believed in, because they had to. Anything less than an acceptance of needing to take hold of one's fate with their own hands was a recipe for defeat.
Sometimes, it makes them reckless fools, but it's better to die on a hill for a purpose rather than close one's eyes to reality. The decadence of Enbarr had always repulsed Yuri, a den of privilege for those with money to live decadent lives well away from the reality of their people. In a twisted way, Aphaia reminded him of that callous excess. ]
Seems to me when the going gets tough, too many people give up on doing good.
[ Yuri's instinct is to number himself among these, yet the crimes he committed were still for the sake of his people. Ashe had thrown the fact in his face before, in fact. He may not do the right things, he may have that royal knight dogging him until the fact ever changes, but what he does, he does for those who need someone to fight for them.
It's a tragedy that none among the Aphaians have the will or interest to fight for their own any longer. ]
It's an ugly reality, but maybe that was the point. Some people don't want to face that kind of thing, or imagine that it exists. Giving up can be pretty damn hideous... But our countrymen simply aren't built for it.
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Sometimes, it makes them reckless fools, but it's better to die on a hill for a purpose rather than close one's eyes to reality. The decadence of Enbarr had always repulsed Yuri, a den of privilege for those with money to live decadent lives well away from the reality of their people. In a twisted way, Aphaia reminded him of that callous excess. ]
Seems to me when the going gets tough, too many people give up on doing good.
[ Yuri's instinct is to number himself among these, yet the crimes he committed were still for the sake of his people. Ashe had thrown the fact in his face before, in fact. He may not do the right things, he may have that royal knight dogging him until the fact ever changes, but what he does, he does for those who need someone to fight for them.
It's a tragedy that none among the Aphaians have the will or interest to fight for their own any longer. ]
It's an ugly reality, but maybe that was the point. Some people don't want to face that kind of thing, or imagine that it exists. Giving up can be pretty damn hideous... But our countrymen simply aren't built for it.