"Hmm. Well, I don't think the nurses would approve if we tried to play that way." Millions of whatever unit of money Kaiji was accustomed to, Vlad supposed. He'd seen enough people missing body parts at Landel's Institute due to dangerous lives beforehand--the first patient he'd spoken to this morning had been missing an eye, after all. The poor healing indicated it hadn't happened and subsequently been repaired while in the Institute, but he hadn't connected it to the game until now.
What kind of idiot bets parts of his body in a game so dependent on chance? Vlad's initial reaction was one of haughty contempt, but he repressed that, instead making a somewhat sympathetic noise as he tried to decide on how to respond to that little revelation. Considering, he had to admit that risking his own life to get legendary items of value from the Ghost Zone really wasn't so different, only wagering the entire package instead of parts. Still, he could pick his odds more easily that way. Kaiji must have been rather desperate or perhaps just greedy, depending on what he'd intended had he won his previous game.
"That seems rather... brutal. What would someone else have to gain from cutting parts off another?" Vlad could think of specific individuals he might not mind removing parts from, but in general, the idea wasn't an interest of his. Others could accuse him of being a sociopath, but he wasn't an arbitrary sadist. And he could certainly do his best to pass himself off as caring. "If it's difficult to continue, there's no need. This was just meant to be an idle way to pass the time, not a reminder of unpleasant things."
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What kind of idiot bets parts of his body in a game so dependent on chance? Vlad's initial reaction was one of haughty contempt, but he repressed that, instead making a somewhat sympathetic noise as he tried to decide on how to respond to that little revelation. Considering, he had to admit that risking his own life to get legendary items of value from the Ghost Zone really wasn't so different, only wagering the entire package instead of parts. Still, he could pick his odds more easily that way. Kaiji must have been rather desperate or perhaps just greedy, depending on what he'd intended had he won his previous game.
"That seems rather... brutal. What would someone else have to gain from cutting parts off another?" Vlad could think of specific individuals he might not mind removing parts from, but in general, the idea wasn't an interest of his. Others could accuse him of being a sociopath, but he wasn't an arbitrary sadist. And he could certainly do his best to pass himself off as caring. "If it's difficult to continue, there's no need. This was just meant to be an idle way to pass the time, not a reminder of unpleasant things."