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[ Posted to the Mirror net. After talking to a couple of people about his situation, some of them did point out Sasaki was being kept under government’s thumb. others have pointed that out before, but they never made it sound like it was a bad situation. Only recently. Everyone is so paranoid )= ]

This isn’t new and in case you didn’t know: I am biologically a ghoul and that means I can only consume humans. If you have questions, I can answer but that’s not why I’m writing this. It’s not that difficult for a ghoul to find food, and I’m not talking about hurting people; I would never do that. You have morgues, cemeteries, suicides and humans killing each other. However, it's illegal; you cannot steal bodies, you can’t temper with murder scenes, and people wish to bury their loved ones. The government knows my dietary needs and that's why I can’t just tell them I’ll handle my own diet - because that’s the same as telling them I’ll do something wrong. They told me if I was registered, I can have access to bodies donated to science; if I’m not registered, I don’t and thus I’d go back to the first part of the issue: they’d know I don’t have access to their food, they’d know I would have to get it somewhere else, and they’d know whatever I would do in order to get it would be considered wrong and illegal. I’m registered because I need to eat. This is the sole reason why Kaneki was registered, and he hated it because he felt like he was pledging alliance to a government only just so he wouldn’t starve. Myself, I’m used to this because it’s the same sort of agreement I have in my world: I’m allowed to live and eat and be treated as a human, as long as I work for the CCG and obey their orders. It’s true the government here could force me to obey them if they wanted, and I would do it. And some of you find that awful, I know. But let’s be honest, what other choice is there? What would you do in this situation? Still , the government hasn’t given anyone orders, and honestly – perks aside – I still don’t see the big difference between registered and unsettled. So I do wonder, what’s the difference? What makes you decide you prefer to be unsettled and not registered? Or the other way around (besides the benefits). What's bad about one and another, or good?

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[ This is...an awful lot of text, in a format that Damen still doesn't really like. He can't get used to holding entire conversations this way; why are people so against using their mouths?

But this missive has his attention from the off, due to its content. He's completely horrified by the thought of someone eating humans. Monster, he thinks - and then he keeps reading, and as he does, it's clear that this boy is not a monster at all. He's someone doing what he must, in order to survive. Damen can't entirely get past the revulsion that the thought of all this creates in him, but he has to be honest. It pings his sense of injustice, too. ]

I do not think it right for your allegiance to be bought this way. There is no choice to be made. You cannot be expected to starve.

Is there else that can be done - no cure for your condition?

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[This guy again with all his open admittance of people eating. It's oddly refreshing, actually, although not so reassuring to see that he considers his only option as being under the Government's thumb, not when Jack's got exactly the same issues to contend with. Difference here is Jack's spent an eternity getting his food illegally.]

Government can't punish you under the assumption what you'll do is illegal. Unless they can prove the bodies you get are illegally obtained then they've got nothing. Unregister. Get the bodies elsewhere.

Aren't you honest?

[Aren't you someone who she can frame for her own dietary needs??]

Why you gotta talk about that so much?

You have been given a choice between loyalty and starvation, my young friend. If the rest of us were offered the same "choice," few would hesitate to call it the subjugation of our community.

But you are quite right, unfortunately. There is no other choice, for the moment. The "decision" to refuse Registration allows an imPort to make a token statement in favour of independence, at great personal cost. Nothing more.

when i first got here i was morally opposed to registering because it felt a lot like turning my back on my country, but after a bit i started to realize how disadvantageous that is. not just for me, but for other people. it's not as easy getting around, and in times of crises it's really hard to be there for and help the people who need it most. so i wound up registering.

and, after a while, i started thinking that maybe the whole thing doesn't make a difference anyway. i mean, we're tattooed one way or the other. unsettled and registered are just words. one means we're publicly opposed and the other means publicly allied. and that's about it. we're still branded no matter what we choose...but 'supporting' them comes with perks.

[And then privately...]

what about getting your food from willing human imports who can regrow limbs and stuff? i know it's not ideal but if you ever want to unregister, that's a way you can do it that's NOT illegal.

That some kind of sick joke?

[Tetsuo, you are the worst. Psychic. Ever.]

that's not right at all. the government has your hands tied. if you don't want to be registered, you should be free not to.

i'll never register. i don't agree with this war and i don't want to be a part of it. i don't need permission to use the powers i was born with and help people. it's awful the way they try to force us into it.

you eat people what the hell

Whenever I get booted home, I'm going back to shit like that. It's fucking garbage but it's not like I can do anything about it.

I can here, at least a little. I want to be the biggest, most expensive pain in the ass they've ever seen; I want to be such a fucking problem they have to rip me inside out just to get some fucking peace and quiet.

They can jerk me around like a puppet if they really want to, but at least here I can make them fucking regret it. It's better than what I usually get.

[she can be open like this because Sasaki knows the truth and her wording is vague enough that no one else could reach the same conclusions as him. there were so many ways to be trapped in an inescapable situation, after all.]

the government treats you like an animal. they wish for you to do their bidding and then they give you a reward as an incentive. is that it?

I do agree with you that there's little difference between unsettled and registered. only principle. I registered to keep watch on a system if it ever did wrong. but I see that may also be a mistake.

[That's a lot to read, and.. a lot that he's not happy to read, but studies every word of before replying. He also doesn't know what the mirror net is yet, so this is private.]

1) I can't move freely if I'm unregistered. 2) There could be penalties for publicly refusing this government. I don't want to face them until I know what they are. 3) Even if the system is bad, I have to believe we can help. 4) I'm in a better position to find out what's going on if I don't turn down resources. If they do not suspect I will investigate their motives, all the better. 5) I have a house and a job because of the government. I don't know what happens if I decline. These were all of my reasons for registering. I decided that I should cooperate at least for now. Additionally, I have been told about ghouls by Fueguchi and have no questions about that.

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The choice was a simple one for me. Maybe even more so than it has been for other people. I refuse to pledge myself to another country when I must rule my own back home. That's really all there is to it.

Although, if I'm being honest, I find it difficult to trust those who give so freely. Especially when all they ask for in return is loyalty. In my experience...it never ends well.

[ His question stumps her. ]

i do not know
all my friends and commanding officers were registered

[ Well. No points for guessing who this is. ]

One should not be beholden to the government due to what is - essentially - a medical condition. It's hardly a choice if those are the terms. And it's one of the reasons why I deregistered, even if I am considering signing back on again.

Sassan...

[That certainly is a confession, and it tells everyone everything about him just like Hinami had done. It takes him awhile to process this. How aside from this confession, he would have had no clue about their dietary needs. And how that's something he wants to tuck away to remind himself about his own Aliea upbringing. But for now, he'll concentrate on the topic at hand.]

I...registered because I have people I want to protect. I have to be equipped to accomplish that. It's not such a bad thing if you have the right reasons, I think.

Even if they have dragged us into a war.

[He wants to end it there, but he has another question.]

You're a ghoul.

Do you know Hinami-chan? She refers to herself as one.

That was a lot of talking about yourself just to ask why some of us registered. Just wanted to get that info out there?

I told you before that I'm not very good with these things. But the reason I registered was because in the end, I thought it would be the best for me. I know myself very well. And I know that I'm weak and fragile. If I didn't have the support, if Riku and Kagami and Sora went home one day and I lost their support, I don't know that I would do well on my own.

[ It's... difficult to read, mostly because as Pablo does so, he just thinks about how difficult of a situation to be in that must be in the first place. He likes Sasaki a lot, and while Pablo obviously has no equivalent dietary requirements, he at least understands what it's like and what it can mean to be considered bad or dangerous because of pure chemistry -- biological factors that existed independently of ever wanting them to.

Though Pablo, of course, tends to be understanding of almost anything, within reason and quite often, also not. ]

I don't really know about bad or good. Maybe it's neither, you know? I think it depends on a person's situation. I decided not to because I just thought those benefits should go to someone who needs them more. But I would also choose whatever option meant not hurting anyone.

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