[closed] Along for the Ride

[lotusmesenpai]

Who: Kanda, Lavi, & Steinbeck
Where: Traveling from Leith to Old Town
When: W3D6
Summary: Kanda and Lavi received a warrant to escort a scarback from Leith to Westerley, along with his supplies.
Restrictions/Warnings: Usual Kanda disclaimer - language.

Comments

[graftage]

It's a sign of our faith. Through our wounds, we take on the strength and knowledge of something far powerful than we are. We're vessels, so to speak. Not to say we're prophets of any kind, but we have a connection to the Mother Tree through our rites that we try to impart to others in whatever ways we can. And when people believe, they can overcome even the worst of wounds, just like we do.

[He knows Kanda will just shrug it off, or make some snarky comment. He knows most people can't understand the Scarback faith, why they do what they do. That's fine. Some people are willing to remain in the cave instead of searching out the light.]

You'll understand, in time. [Steinbeck says, pausing a moment to collect himself, wipe the sweat glistening on his brow.] It's not something people realize right away.

[lotusmesenpai]

There's nothing to understand and eventually they'll realize - it's all bullshit.

[The words are stark, but there's no real bite to them. Just his own personal observation. Shrugging at that, he waves towards the couch area dismissively.]

People need something to believe in beyond their shitty little worlds. They want something else to be there because their minds are too weak to accept their fucked up reality as it is. You guy just give them a focus for that escape. But hey, if it helps while you're hanging like a slab of meat for a butcher...

[To him, faith in gods or a great tree is nothing more than a self-inflicted delusion, there to give the mind a place to hide when the world around them begins to overwhelm.]