That's good at least, but still leaves the mystery up for solving... I guess I'm just going to have to watch out for you, hm?
[ a small smile, quick to disappear. ]
A great fortune, though, and you donated it all? That's impressive... seriously. Did you think at all about keeping it...? I'm sure you had your reasons, I think I'm just curious.
[Hmm, well. He doesn't respond to the first, but he does answer Eiden's question.]
Sachin--that was his name--believed that the world was hopeless. He conducted research into human nature, and what he found was that people are destined for conflict and destruction. He expected his chosen successor to succumb to suffering because his findings were objectively proven, or to be pulled in by greed and squander his money. Using his fortune to make the world better seemed like the best way to prove him wrong and stop him from causing more pain.
[It's difficult to explain all the complex layers--the academia, the emotional investment, everything tied into the championship. But he tries.]
And... my father died twenty years ago, working to do good and combat Sachin's findings himself. Even if I'd wanted to keep the money, I don't think I would've been able to use it, knowing that.
[Which he hadn't known at the time, but to him, it cements that he made the right decision. His father's death may still be his fault, but at least he has a deeper understanding of it now.]
[ oh kaveh... eiden smiles softly, because kaveh is. such a good guy. sure, this is a very complicated situation for him to parse out, but he listens with a calm expression, patient and knowing that it's not his world, so of course it's going to be a little hard to understand. at the end of it, he nods. ]
Sounds like you turned a really bleak thing into something that could help everyone.
[ a beat ]
You stood your ground, even if maybe it didn't benefit you directly, and I think that's pretty amazing that you chose to do that. I'm impressed.
I just did what I could. [He doesn't even sound like he's being demure, either; he just sounds like he genuinely believes this.] I didn't think about it all that much, to be honest. I just couldn't let him hurt anyone else.
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That's good at least, but still leaves the mystery up for solving... I guess I'm just going to have to watch out for you, hm?
[ a small smile, quick to disappear. ]
A great fortune, though, and you donated it all? That's impressive... seriously. Did you think at all about keeping it...? I'm sure you had your reasons, I think I'm just curious.
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Sachin--that was his name--believed that the world was hopeless. He conducted research into human nature, and what he found was that people are destined for conflict and destruction. He expected his chosen successor to succumb to suffering because his findings were objectively proven, or to be pulled in by greed and squander his money. Using his fortune to make the world better seemed like the best way to prove him wrong and stop him from causing more pain.
[It's difficult to explain all the complex layers--the academia, the emotional investment, everything tied into the championship. But he tries.]
And... my father died twenty years ago, working to do good and combat Sachin's findings himself. Even if I'd wanted to keep the money, I don't think I would've been able to use it, knowing that.
[Which he hadn't known at the time, but to him, it cements that he made the right decision. His father's death may still be his fault, but at least he has a deeper understanding of it now.]
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Sounds like you turned a really bleak thing into something that could help everyone.
[ a beat ]
You stood your ground, even if maybe it didn't benefit you directly, and I think that's pretty amazing that you chose to do that. I'm impressed.
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