[NOT PEAS. I KEEP GETTING BLAMED FOR PEAS!!! He literally scared him through the rubbery tendrils and then dragged him away.]
Based on what you have told me about yourself, no man like you could not be some sort of troublemaker. Trust me. I have experience with seven troublemakers.
Don't just say only seven. He is still making a face.]
We can't all be eleven Harbingers. Twelve? Fifteen? However many there are of you.
[ :| ]
It's refreshing when people are not tied so heavily to a particular... dominion.
[Sorry to us and Childe, but Essek likes this a lot about the M9, and so now he likes this a lot about Childe. He actually laughs slightly, a darkly amused sort of noise.]
It really doesn't worry you at all that those here may come for your life. [Insane.] Would you rather lose a fight, or win one...?
[THE LONGER HE MAKES THAT FACE THE FUNNIER IT IS... STOP THIS. It makes him want to tease more, but I am assigning them arriving at the garbage room now, Essek's future place of death. Luckily for Essek only, he's also distracted from his urge to keep being annoying--it's an interesting question, and he hums in consideration.]
I don't know that anyone could say they prefer losing and be truly honest about it. [Maybe in very select circumstances, but on the whole? Seems unlikely to him.] But as much as I try to glean value from battles of any kind, the most worthwhile experiences are those that prove challenging, don't you think? I'd never get stronger if I wasted my time picking on the weak. If I find myself against an opponent that can defeat me, especially if they do so without resorting to tricks and schemes, then they're worthy of respect.
[So it's not so much a case of preferring one to the other, it's just... anyone he might lose against is, typically, so powerful that defeat is no insult, in his mind.]
And if you mean here, specifically... I have no particular need to stay on this side over the other, so all that matters to me is the clash itself.
[He is already going back to hell either way, but he does not say that here because he said it in a letter later and we must maintain continuity.]
What about you? It must be especially different when you don't typically rely on physical strength, right? [CATALYST USERS...]
[HE IS JUST MAKING A FACE. Stop fucking teasing him and laughing at him. He is going to dunk Childe into this garbage and cube him. (Then be cubed later.) Thankfully, Childe gets distracted enough to not tease him.
Also, I gotta reiterate that this is literally Hisoka word for word, I'm sorry. You truly understand that clown on a fundamental narrative level now.]
You have an interesting take, [he admits.] I understand when your life is on the line, often you don't have the choice to lose a fight. But when that is not the case, many people still crave the victory.
But I can see you respect the experience and strength gained even if there may be a fair loss.
[He makes another face, but for a different reason this time.]
...I will be honest with you. [Since Childe had been a little honest with him.] I do not particularly like fighting. It is not a favored pastime. However, what I said about being strong is true.
I want to learn everything I can possibly learn and master about dunamancy. Time, space, realities, gravity. I will never stop practicing and honing my magic. For fighting - sure, if I must. It... would not be the first time I used it for violence nor the last. I can only grow stronger from the battles I do win. Perhaps the circumstance will... unlock new spells or understandings of dunamancy in the heat of the moment.
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Based on what you have told me about yourself, no man like you could not be some sort of troublemaker. Trust me. I have experience with seven troublemakers.
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But Childe laughs brightly, dropping his hand.]
Only seven? [STOP] In any case, I understand what you mean. No allegiance is more important to me than my own agenda either.
[He is perhaps not quite as lawless and free as he says he is, but. It's fine.]
So long as you promise to make it a worthwhile fight if you come after me while we're here, I won't hold any betrayals against you.
[EXCEPT ESSEK DIES IMMEDIATELY SO THIS IS A POINTLESS PROMISE TO ASK FOR]
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Don't just say only seven. He is still making a face.]
We can't all be eleven Harbingers. Twelve? Fifteen? However many there are of you.
[ :| ]
It's refreshing when people are not tied so heavily to a particular... dominion.
[Sorry to us and Childe, but Essek likes this a lot about the M9, and so now he likes this a lot about Childe. He actually laughs slightly, a darkly amused sort of noise.]
It really doesn't worry you at all that those here may come for your life. [Insane.] Would you rather lose a fight, or win one...?
[He's curious.]
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I don't know that anyone could say they prefer losing and be truly honest about it. [Maybe in very select circumstances, but on the whole? Seems unlikely to him.] But as much as I try to glean value from battles of any kind, the most worthwhile experiences are those that prove challenging, don't you think? I'd never get stronger if I wasted my time picking on the weak. If I find myself against an opponent that can defeat me, especially if they do so without resorting to tricks and schemes, then they're worthy of respect.
[So it's not so much a case of preferring one to the other, it's just... anyone he might lose against is, typically, so powerful that defeat is no insult, in his mind.]
And if you mean here, specifically... I have no particular need to stay on this side over the other, so all that matters to me is the clash itself.
[He is already going back to hell either way, but he does not say that here because he said it in a letter later and we must maintain continuity.]
What about you? It must be especially different when you don't typically rely on physical strength, right? [CATALYST USERS...]
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Also, I gotta reiterate that this is literally Hisoka word for word, I'm sorry. You truly understand that clown on a fundamental narrative level now.]
You have an interesting take, [he admits.] I understand when your life is on the line, often you don't have the choice to lose a fight. But when that is not the case, many people still crave the victory.
But I can see you respect the experience and strength gained even if there may be a fair loss.
[He makes another face, but for a different reason this time.]
...I will be honest with you. [Since Childe had been a little honest with him.] I do not particularly like fighting. It is not a favored pastime. However, what I said about being strong is true.
I want to learn everything I can possibly learn and master about dunamancy. Time, space, realities, gravity. I will never stop practicing and honing my magic. For fighting - sure, if I must. It... would not be the first time I used it for violence nor the last. I can only grow stronger from the battles I do win. Perhaps the circumstance will... unlock new spells or understandings of dunamancy in the heat of the moment.
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DIE
For now, though, he mostly just listens to this thoughtfully--and then winks at him.] Well, nobody's perfect. We'll work on it.
[CAN YOU STOP]
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STOP WINKING.]
Condescension will get you in trouble.
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I'm not being condescending! We just have... different preferences, that's all. But that doesn't mean we can't be comrades, right?
[IS THAT WHAT THEY ARE...]