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Jacob: The white smoke is what's left of the village. See that black smoke? That's burning human fat. It's Joey. He's metering the corpses out like a signal fire. Taunting me.
Girii: That doesn't mean you have to fight him.
Roger: Hey, guys. I was...exploring. What's up?
Girii: Jacob's trying to commit suicide again.
Jacob: That's not it.
Girii: You don't have to fight him.
Jacob: I'm the only one who has a chance of stopping him.
Girii: You don't have to. We can run.
Jacob: He'll follow. People will die.
Girii: So will you! Turn around, look at me!
Jacob: No, Girii. You can't change my mind about this.
Girii: Yes, I can! Turn around and look at me --
Girii: That doesn't mean you have to fight him.
Roger: Hey, guys. I was...exploring. What's up?
Girii: Jacob's trying to commit suicide again.
Jacob: That's not it.
Girii: You don't have to fight him.
Jacob: I'm the only one who has a chance of stopping him.
Girii: You don't have to. We can run.
Jacob: He'll follow. People will die.
Girii: So will you! Turn around, look at me!
Jacob: No, Girii. You can't change my mind about this.
Girii: Yes, I can! Turn around and look at me --
Damn! That is one dedicated psychopath!
May I ask why the genocide men did not get a sniper to deal with this loose gun?
Girii only wants to tell him ‘This homicidal maniac is not the crazed homicidal maniac you want to fight.’
She’s a pacifist, with the emphasis on ‘fist’ if she doesn’t get her way.
Keep in mind “empathy” is what make the difference between a domestic animal and a wild one, between a civilized human and the bestiality going on in Syria…between a clear eyed awaken person and a psychopath acting on impulse “absolutely having to do something, anything, right this very instant”…
The best example of empathy is that dog in Denver that was scheduled to be executed. He had bit his trainer. Turn out his caretaker, a city policeman was beating severely a black woman for the heinous crime of jaywalking…the unfairness was too much for the dog…so he bit his God instead of the victim. When the truth finally emerged, the policeman was fired and the hero dog was given a more “civilized” caretaker…
Nobody has been sent to deal with Joey because he’s the sanctioned Genocide Man. Remember, it’s Jacob who has gone rogue.
‘License to kill’ is so twentieth-century. In the 22nd century they give out licenses to be psychopathic. 🙂
Makes sense, but is Joey’s rampage not a threat to the institution (?) of the genocide men?
Someone like that is going to be a total Pr nightmare, isn’t he?
Please understand, I am not trying to dminish anything here, I’m just wondering.
Hmn. You’ll have to wait for a few chapters before we delve into the politics of the Genocide Project. But yes, they’re essentially above public relations problems.
JD makes me think of the goddess, Kali. Then again, modt things make me think of Kali.
Ok, “‘License to kill’ is so twentieth-century. In the 22nd century they give out licenses to be psychopathic. ” is so awesome, I love it. I would imagine any sniper, even with an advanced gun, would have their work cut out trying to kill Jacob. The railgun dart did almost nothing, he has strengthened bones, combat chemicals and an enhanced endocrine system, and wouldn’t surprise me if he had other tricks, like under-skin body armour or something. Contnue with the awesomeness :D.
Hmmm… The best explaination I can think of for Joey still being a Genocide Man, dispite probably being psychopathic to the point of being unproductive a lot of the time (Come on, he’d kill entire cities when they were foolish enough to give him the box, not really helpful)…
Would be that the alternative, him NOT being on their side and the Genocide project being forced to attempt to kill him would be even worse.