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[Ikki is walking through the village with relative calm, he's not pleased and it's obvious in his body language that he's stressed and annoyed. Who wouldn't be, having found himself in an unknown place, a place where he didn't intend to be?

The fact that no matter how much he expanded his Cosmos, he couldn't find his brothers' Cosmos or the Cosmos of anyone he knew didn't help in the situation. Still, he looks quite sure of where he's going, even if he's not, and only the loose-fitting white cotton pants he's wearing point out that he's new in the place.

Those particularly sensible to spiritual energy may notice his strong Cosmos -full of contained anger and hate, directed to no one but obviously there- constantly reaching out and basically checking everyone he can reach. Searching for something, or someone, that would explain him being stuck in that place. Unable to return to where he intended to go or contact his friends, so far he's not having any luck and the idea he's starting to get doesn't please him.]

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You're chanting that speech to the wrong person, Polka. I fight to protect humanity, of course I think it deserves to be saved, and I'm perfectly aware that people deserve a second chance.

[He has been there himself, gone down to hell and back again, receiving forgiveness from everyone but himself. Yes, Ikki doesn't need anyone to tell him that people can change and make good use of second chances.]

A victory is real, no matter who dies or survives. What you describe would be a perfect victory, but an absolute victory would also require the survival of the one who's willing to die to save temporarily millions.

Say what you want but I fail to see the point of sacrificing one life in order to obtain just a temporal peace. I would prefer to fight and die, which is what I was born to do anyway, and attain a real peace. One that won't have a time limit, or at least not a visible one, neither one that creates an endless cycle!

[Ikki's flared, that is a major point in his and the other Bronze Saints' attitude of not letting Athena sacrifice herself or place them aside, unable to fight with her. Athena has been fighting against Gods since the ancient times and always all she has managed to attain was a peace that would last a hundred of years at most, locking herself and the Saints in an endless cycle until Hades was defeated completely.]

They believed your words were the lies because they first believed the lies that Count feed them. I've seen it, people serving the God of Death, willing to help destroy the whole world, and truly believing that such a thing would help humanity to progress and transform the world in a paradise.

[He talks about those people with great disdain, though also a hint of pity. Even him in his worst time was perfectly conscious that the destruction of the world would leave nothing but a dead planet. And at that time he pursued that simply because of selfishness of not wanting to see people live or be happy, and because he wanted to attain a senseless revenge against the man who had put them through a living hell, even if it meant to kill his own brother and himself to make the efforts of that man amount to nothing in the end. But Hades' Specters... And Pandora... They all truly believed they would get eternal life and happiness by destroying the world.]

[ She smiles absently. ] Perfect victory and ...absolute victory? I guess I didn't know that there was a difference between victories... [ Understandable - she's not exactly a fighter. She pauses at the last flare up, taking a half step backwards. D: ]

What if ... what if you were born just to die? [It's totally a hypothetical question I swears! There's another pause, an uncomfortable frown on her face. Hrm. ] Well ... they didn't really have any reason to believe anything we said. I guess I can't blame them, it was pretty farfetched...

Still, some people did believe, and I suppose that's the part that matters.

[That's how he sees things, however he doesn't see those perfect and absolute victories as anything else than an utopia. Even if he has seen something close to the perfect victory. That doesn't mean that when he fights he doesn't aim for the absolute victory thought.

He eyes Polka as she asks her "what if" before he smirks again.]

Born to die? You mean born to sacrifice oneself for a greater good? Then that person would naturally try to fulfill their destiny. But what if others are born just to die protecting that person and to stop that person from dying?

[Ikki hums at that.]

I suppose that's something that can happen, not something I've ever seen myself. Though it's true that many people wouldn't believe anything about Athena and her Saints if we were to tell them, fortunately we don't need to do so to protect them.

.. then either way, one of them would not be able to fulfill their purpose, I guess. [ She didn't consider the possibility of the other people dying to protect the first person. Of course she knew that her friends hadn't died, so that wasn't so bad. ]

I guess there's no way of really telling since these are all hypothetical situations.

[Ikki snorts.]

I'll tell you what happens in the scenario situation I told you. Athena rushes to sacrifice herself before we can die to protect her and we rush after her to save her before she dies. We defeat the enemy, rescue her and return home.

Sometimes some of us die, but that's our destiny and decision so it's received with pity but not regret. And so the world can see the sun rise one more day.

[He shrugs lightly, he really wasn't talking about hypothetical situations. Which is probably the problem of why he's so adamant on the subject.]

[ Hn.. In Polka's time, her friends didn't even know she was going to kill herself. It was right after Frederic had tried to kill them, so they had been tired from defeating him. THey couldn't have stopped her - they didn't realize her plans until she was already at the cliff's edge. ]

And you remember each time it happens? The cycle, I mean...

[Ikki arches an eyebrow at that question.]

Yes, of course I do. As I said it's basically always the same, the differences being mere details in the process. It always ends the same way and we won't stop until that end is attained either.

Also, the Cloths we use, our armors, often carry within them the will and memories of those Saints in the past who have taken part in the same cycle and died. Some Saints can even remember through their armors those past battles. Not me, thought.

[And he doesn't think he's missing anything, he has enough samples of the cycle with one life. And that's not taking into account his "special" condition.]

[ It's totally legit - not everyone remembers their past life actions. ]

Hm.... [ That's ... a lot to think about. She's been through the same cycle, but it didn't always happen the same way - the same ending, sure, but.. ] Well, I guess I should let you get going. [ They've talked a lot more than she'd actually planned on, knowing he had to get his stuff and all. Still, it had been interesting. ]

Thank you for helping me though! I'm sure Foot is pretty hungry by now, we've been talking so long. [ She nudges her door open with a foot. ]

[His case is more than there was never a Phoenix Saint before him apparently, so there's nothing to remember.

Ikki simply nods at her words. Thinking about it they have talked a lot and he didn't expect it to be that way either. He can't say it was a bad conversation thought.]

It's okay, it was interesting to talk with you. Thank you for answering my questions too.

[And he turns to leave. No goodbye on his part, he never says it anyway.]

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