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[braverpath]

[ It's early in the day that this anonymous message appears. Unlike most, Yoshimitsu isn't too keen about speaking to the public at large. It's too daunting for his liking but for once, he does so. He's not seeking the meaning of life or anything dire but he's seeking something just as important. ]

It's far too easy to lose yourself here but how does one stay true while wearing many masks?

[ Cryptic, no? There's a reason for that. ]

Which mask do you wear? Which mask do you destroy? Do you remain true or do you tell more lies?

It's far too easy to grow comfortable here. Perhaps none of us know shame.

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[profanation]

Then why do the faces you wear count as lies to your 'self'?
Are they not also parts that make up a whole?

[braverpath]

[ Good question. Yoshimitsu sits back and ponders briefly before finally giving a reply. ]

...It's because I don't wish for them become the truth. One mask is the face of a demon and the other the face of a man. If the man becomes the demon, then what becomes of his morality?

I don't want to become the monster I once was but I hesitate in eliminating the demon within.

[profanation]

[ That response was so unbelievably funny to Ardyn that he had to take a moment laugh about it. Oh, the things he'd once worried about were coming out en force in this place!

When he was done, he picked the message back up. ]

Would the man still not have the fury and violence of that demon, even if he were to 'discard' that mask?
Where then would be the funnel?
Aspects of a person don't change simply because they are named and categorized.
Base nature is not overcome by denying it, but by controlling it.

[braverpath]

Controlling it?

[ Food for thought. Yoshimitsu Almost feels like kicking himself for not coming to this conclusion himself but then again, he was stuck in a rut. ]

Wise words. Instead of rebuking it, I'll seek to control this demon and use its power for a greater good.

It's a better thought than destroying oneself.

[profanation]

Good luck!

[braverpath]

You have my thanks. The tide is on the turn!