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You've managed to come around to the same conclusion. [Whatever pretty reason someone dresses it up in, one thing always remains the same - those with power are the ones that prevail.

[Going up against a god? Kazuya must have had it in spades.]

Were you successful?

If you're asking if I killed God, the answer is yes.

[It's not like he makes a secret of it, and the disdain for God is fairly clear in his tone.]

Killed him, tore apart every last angel I encountered, and all of the stuff that comes with.

What were the consequences?

[Everyone went home and lived a happy life? He can't quite believe that.]

Don't know yet. Was taken before I could actually get home, though I think it's safe to assume that I'm the new public enemy number 1.

[What with his government probably hating him for making people lose faith in them.]

I don't think too many people are going to be happy about their lives being upended, even if it's for the better in the long run.

Who decided it was better?

You?

[An interesting question, and one he actually takes a moment to consider and give his honest opinion.]

It was only my decision that mattered.

[There's no shame in admitting that sort of thing. If he's going to live with what he did, then that means he has to believe in his choice.]

If I didn't do what I did, more people would have gotten hurt. Either in the short term or the long term.

I'm only wondering. [As if to say that he isn't judging Kazuya, which he isn't. It just sounds familiar. That's all.]

Some people would object to that way of thinking. They'd disagree that any one person should have the right to decide what's best for them.

["I want you to care what I want." Was it here that He said that? Or back home?]

Most people probably think they know the right answer. Only those with power can actually do something about it. That's all.

You're not wrong. But it's also not as if I had a choice. It was one way or the other, and either way I was the only one who could and had to choose.

[And at least like this, humans will get to remain caretakers of their own destiny, he supposes. Not that he hadn't chosen this path for selfish reasons either.]

Might makes right. [He acknowledges.] And those without power have to live by the rule of those who do. It's a pretty simple way of thinking, don't you agree?

[Not that it's bad. Not that he disagrees. Not entirely.]

I understand. [And he does.]

It's a simple way of thinking because it's the way things work. That's true for any reality. It's the same predicament we're trapped in now.

As someone used to having absolute power, I'd wonder how that makes you feel.

[ Hm. He hasn't actually given it much thought. Not that he hasn't watched what it was others did or didn't do, what they daid or didn't say, but it had all been part of his own wait and see mentality. See what others did that didn't work.

Try something else. ]

Itchy, I guess. My power might be new, but demons don't like to be confined or trapped, and that includes me now. Still, I don't like making decisions without information. My plan so far has been to observe what everyone else is currently doing. What works or doesn't work, and how to refine what doesn't into something that does.

A fair plan.

What's your goal?

To get back home. I have people waiting for me, and I promised them I'd come back.

[And then from there... It's hard to say. What does one do when their sense of normalcy has been ripped from them? He doesn't doubt for one minute that the government will try to take control of him as the "victor", the threat he poses isn't just national, but international.

He doubts that they'll see eye to eye, that they'll let him just go back to living an every day life with the people he cares about.]

Hopefully expand my horizons while I'm here too, I guess.

[Eren can't help but find the "expand my horizons" answer to be a bit trite, but he's a bit embittered about this particular topic.

[As for the rest...]

As far as I understand it, that's what a lot of people here want - nothing more than to find a way back home.

That's good. It's what should happen.

The question is how to bring that about. You'll be keeping your eyes open, won't you?

[He can find it as trite as he wants, but the truth is, how often do you get to encounter a situation like this? To talk to people from not only worlds similar enough to yours to be a hairs breadth apart, but to talk to people from even more fantastical places that you could never dream of?

It's a giant mixing pot. There's much to be learned.]

I'll be doing more than keeping my eyes open. Since I've gotten my powers back, I've sent out a few demons to help scout out and try and discover more clues and leads that might be worthwhile to follow up on. Nothing yet, but I've only just gotten them back.

You're working with others, then, I assume?

Not yet, no. Like I've said, I've mostly just been keeping an eye on other people. No point in wasting energy with people who aren't as motivated about it, right?

[Not that he'll outright ignore those people, but they're just not people he'd choose to work with when it comes down to it.]

[It seems they're on the same page, in that respect.

[There was a time where Eren would have offered to be allies with anyone in Somnius that appeared to have convictions that were even in the same realm as his own. As it stands now, he'll watch the same way Kazuya watches. He's been here long enough that he has the benefit of a network he can trust. Perhaps Kazuya should be a part of that. Time will tell.]

I'd agree with that.

If that's all, then I'll assume you'll stop following me now. Unless you really are looking for a meal.

[ Kazuya laughs to his comment, giving a helpless little shrug. He is, kind of. Though it's not as if he's near starving animal levels yet.]

I wouldn't mind a meal, honestly. I wasn't kidding when I said you smell delicious. But I'm also not about to force it either.

[Hm? Now, that's interesting.]

You thought you might negotiate eating me? How does that work, exactly? [Just blood, maybe?]

Less "You" wholesale and more your magnetite. It's just a mix of your emotions, will power, and life force, to put it simply.

[ Which might also be just as alarming. ]

I'm willing to make a deal for it, if it'll make you more inclined.

[Well, that description makes the answer quite easy.]

No.

[He's had quite enough of people feeding on any and every part of him. Tension weighs down the air like a stone.]

Not now, and not in the future, so don't ask again. I'm going to leave now. If you follow me again, I will retaliate.

I see every fight through to its end.

[And he will, in fact, take his leave after that. Assuming Kazuya doesn't follow him, he'll make no more of an issue. If he does, however...]

See you later, then.

[ He's not about to push it. The last thing he needs to do here is make enemies already, so instead he just gives Eren a small wave as he walks off instead.

Besides, he's trying to be Non-problematic demon king, and forcefully feeding off of someone is not the way to go for that. ]

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we can wrap here unless you do have more hehe

i wish i had more but alas, /fin