[ Dazai could dismiss that. It's in his nature to do so, as someone who doesn't care about others. But he doesn't, and his expression softens instead, a quiet sound that could pass as a chuckle coming out instead. ]
... Yeah. That's true. Even if a person's natural talent is killing people, they can choose to become a person who saves them instead. I'm not really suited to teaching that lesson to others though... By time they make their way to me, they're already beyond saving.
[ Either that, or they find salvation through him. He's seen that too, just once, in a man who was able to regain his memories and die satisfied for it. But...
Who can say if he would have been happier living with what he had remembered? Who can say whether or not it was better for him to die before meeting with him again? No one.
No one, and so Dazai doesn't object to some alternative world where he lived. ]
But you can save the world by changing the people who live in it... Is that it?
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... Yeah. That's true. Even if a person's natural talent is killing people, they can choose to become a person who saves them instead. I'm not really suited to teaching that lesson to others though... By time they make their way to me, they're already beyond saving.
[ Either that, or they find salvation through him. He's seen that too, just once, in a man who was able to regain his memories and die satisfied for it. But...
Who can say if he would have been happier living with what he had remembered? Who can say whether or not it was better for him to die before meeting with him again? No one.
No one, and so Dazai doesn't object to some alternative world where he lived. ]
But you can save the world by changing the people who live in it... Is that it?
[ Or something like that, anyway. ]