A lot of people think so. [ more often than not; violence had always been the easiest answer for anything that was feeling threatened. it was kind of like— nature, maybe? then it just evolved. falco worries his lip as he puts away another good-looking mushroom, and doesn't seem to pay as much attention the aimless floater that he had some minutes ago. ] And sometimes . . . They might be right. You can't really reason with something mindless.

[ he wouldn't even go as far as to use the label monster, it's been misused for long enough as is. trying for peace with beings that don't think beyond malice, like the corrupted or possessed dolls, was like trying to tell a pure titan to stop eating people. you'll just get eaten. ]

Even someone with their mind made up is hard to get through to.

[ because that too, had no easy way around, and changing that mind takes time— not the seconds it takes for the other end to pull a trigger out of fury or poorly planted necessity. ]

But, there's magic here. There're resources . . . [ there's magic at south sister, too. he has a gift in his soul, a little blessing from admin to keep the silence at bay— and he could still use it, albeit weak and short-lived: a pacifying ability. ] Fighting's the more obvious and the easiest— but there has to be a peaceful way that everyone can learn.

[ especially in a place that's so blood polluted. ]