Important, he thinks, to establish that. To make sure Cao Pi keeps that connection in mind. What would he do if pressed to defend the person he loves? Is there any line he wouldn't cross?
Because Rosinante is pretty sure he found the answer to that himself in the months before arriving here. He'd thought himself perfectly capable of following orders, of doing as he was asked and more. A good soldier, and an ally of the common people, if not always necessarily a good person. There have always been lines he was willing to cross in order to preserve stability and justice, and sacrifices he was willing to make if it was in favor of a greater good, but there were also limits. He wouldn't have assaulted doctors and destroyed hospitals, wouldn't have lied to Sengoku, or given his own life for civilians in trouble.
"They wouldn't help him because they thought he was contagious. More than that, an abomination. In their eyes, he was his disease, not a kid who needed help. I expected better from people in their profession. They didn't deserve to keep acting as doctors if they wouldn't even do their goddamn jobs for him."
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Important, he thinks, to establish that. To make sure Cao Pi keeps that connection in mind. What would he do if pressed to defend the person he loves? Is there any line he wouldn't cross?
Because Rosinante is pretty sure he found the answer to that himself in the months before arriving here. He'd thought himself perfectly capable of following orders, of doing as he was asked and more. A good soldier, and an ally of the common people, if not always necessarily a good person. There have always been lines he was willing to cross in order to preserve stability and justice, and sacrifices he was willing to make if it was in favor of a greater good, but there were also limits. He wouldn't have assaulted doctors and destroyed hospitals, wouldn't have lied to Sengoku, or given his own life for civilians in trouble.
"They wouldn't help him because they thought he was contagious. More than that, an abomination. In their eyes, he was his disease, not a kid who needed help. I expected better from people in their profession. They didn't deserve to keep acting as doctors if they wouldn't even do their goddamn jobs for him."