Most of them think they are. That's part of the problem.
[Kratos exhales, an explicit thing, with his arms crossed and his head turned in the way it does when he's genuinely considering. It's a stance they all know, so Colette answers Yuan while Kratos is so obviously trying to think. She does this by turning her smile on the other angel, that soft, hopeful smile covering all the things she doesn't want them to see.]
Well, he's told us that Cruxis needs me as a vessel for the Goddess Martel. I don't think I'd mind that so much, except that it's not really necessary to the regeneration of the world. He's said we can do that without --
[She hesitates then, head turning toward Lloyd, and that's more than Lloyd can take, it seems. He bursts out:]
Without Colette having to die. I can't believe the Goddess Martel would set up a system where her angels tell people they have to die to save the world, when they can save it without that!
[Cognizant of Yuan's presence, of how deeply that must hit -- it hits deeply enough for Kratos, every time it comes up -- Kratos finds a place to begin.]
Martel isn't the one who set up the system. It's the leader of Cruxis who did that. Martel is a victim, no less than anyone else who's been killed for their race. Now she's being used as a justification.
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[Kratos exhales, an explicit thing, with his arms crossed and his head turned in the way it does when he's genuinely considering. It's a stance they all know, so Colette answers Yuan while Kratos is so obviously trying to think. She does this by turning her smile on the other angel, that soft, hopeful smile covering all the things she doesn't want them to see.]
Well, he's told us that Cruxis needs me as a vessel for the Goddess Martel. I don't think I'd mind that so much, except that it's not really necessary to the regeneration of the world. He's said we can do that without --
[She hesitates then, head turning toward Lloyd, and that's more than Lloyd can take, it seems. He bursts out:]
Without Colette having to die. I can't believe the Goddess Martel would set up a system where her angels tell people they have to die to save the world, when they can save it without that!
[Cognizant of Yuan's presence, of how deeply that must hit -- it hits deeply enough for Kratos, every time it comes up -- Kratos finds a place to begin.]
Martel isn't the one who set up the system. It's the leader of Cruxis who did that. Martel is a victim, no less than anyone else who's been killed for their race. Now she's being used as a justification.