...Nigredo had just said that this fail-safe objective was to subdue his brother should it ever come down to it, which was bad enough. But now he was saying the system didn't actually work unless he killed him? So essentially... if Rubedo were to ever go out of control, Nigredo was expected to assassinate him, like an outside self-destruct button. What kind of moronic 'fail-safe' was that?!
We have Rubedo with some kind of power that could blow out of control if he got too upset, Nigredo who was supposed to kill him should it ever come to that, and Albedo who had been infected by something and gone mad to point of trying to kill Nigredo as well. This was more heart-wrenching than he could have imagined. More so, since he didn't really believe any of them wanted any part in this interfamily conspiricy. ...Except possibly Albedo, but there was at least a bit of doubt in his case. Maybe.
Klavier had glanced down and noticed the numbers branded onto the child's hand, a red 669. However, he made a point not to stare and maintain his focus on Nigredo's face as he spoke, but the fact that he had been marked with a number caused another wave of swallowed down distress.
"No?" he asked for the sake of clarity. That was strange. If one were to ignore the human part of the situation, wouldn't it make more sense for a 'fail-safe' to only affect whatever it was supposed to be counteracting? What exactly was this 'fail-safe' system, anyway? Klavier wanted to know, but at the same time, he somewhat didn't. "So it's something that can affect anyone is what you're saying?"
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We have Rubedo with some kind of power that could blow out of control if he got too upset, Nigredo who was supposed to kill him should it ever come to that, and Albedo who had been infected by something and gone mad to point of trying to kill Nigredo as well. This was more heart-wrenching than he could have imagined. More so, since he didn't really believe any of them wanted any part in this interfamily conspiricy. ...Except possibly Albedo, but there was at least a bit of doubt in his case. Maybe.
Klavier had glanced down and noticed the numbers branded onto the child's hand, a red 669. However, he made a point not to stare and maintain his focus on Nigredo's face as he spoke, but the fact that he had been marked with a number caused another wave of swallowed down distress.
"No?" he asked for the sake of clarity. That was strange. If one were to ignore the human part of the situation, wouldn't it make more sense for a 'fail-safe' to only affect whatever it was supposed to be counteracting? What exactly was this 'fail-safe' system, anyway? Klavier wanted to know, but at the same time, he somewhat didn't. "So it's something that can affect anyone is what you're saying?"