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Ne, I don't understand it at all...

{Diva is looking very fashionable in red today, wearing the hairstyle and clothing of a Victorian fashion, complete with all the equipment at her waist or in her hands for archery. She's nocking an arrow with a very practiced fluidity. There's no way she would be able to use the bow in her hands as a weapon, just for sport. To further accentuate that, a distance away is a rather beat-up looking target with a few arrows in it already, though very few are even on the target.}

I mean, it would make sense when I found that book, but now is such an odd time. I hadn't even been seeing the palace lately.

{She stops murmuring to herself for the moment, aiming and shooting the arrow, and much to her own surprise, gets fairly close to the center! This is surprising for her, since her aim was always pretty terrible.}

...Ah! I hit it!

{Diva smiles, quite pleased with herself, drawing another arrow out of the quiver to try again.}

((ooc: Experiment start for Diva! You can find the details here, but she's chillin' in her memories of Russia at the moment, basically.))

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I suppose it is, yes. But I am glad that you are happy, Diva.

Thank you, then. Ne, but it'll be fine anyways! I'm sure that everything will turn out fine.

I am sure it shall as well!

But for now...! Maybe I'll hit the target, ne?

Ah, I'm sure you will hit it every time with practice! Do you mind if I stay to watch?

Not at all! I'd enjoy your company. I was going to come to the Plane earlier, but with all the ladies around, it'd be odd for me to suddenly come back with a full target and no arrows.

{She nocks an arrow and raises the bow again}

It's especially bad in this time. I'd be called a witch, maybe.

I suppose it would be, wouldn't it? I always have to be careful myself.

[Settles in to watch.]

It's not so bad for Amaterasu, though, right? I mean, you're a goddess. I'm just a monster, no matter what.

{She releases the arrow and it flies, hitting the target, at least. She pulls out another to try again.}

Well, that's what most people think anyways. I don't know if I do anymore, but a vampire is never a good thing, is it?

It is still surprising for even a Goddess to be doing one thing, and then suddenly be doing something else. And I do not believe you are a monster, Diva. Realistically, there will likely always be people who will believe that about you, just as there will always be people who believe wolves are nothing but ravenous beasts. I believe that a monster is someone or something who destroys and consumes for the pure delight of destroying. But people and animals and things, it is true that everything destroys, in one way or another. A vampire is no different in this. It is that you destroy human life that so concerns people. When an animal or a waterfall or a poisonous mushroom kills a person they call it monstrous and dangerous, isn't that right?

Destroying life is something that all mortals must do. It is terrible, but it is necessary. The important thing, then, is to understand what it is you are doing. To understand that you are taking a life, a life that will never exist again, whether it is the life of a tree or a rabbit or a human. And it is also important to give back in some way. As a way of giving thanks to the life you have taken. You see?

{Diva looks surprised by that, just silently considering what she said for quite a while. She doesn't speak until the quiver is empty.}

...Then...How should I give thanks?

I am not too sure about that. Perhaps by honoring the dead. Perhaps by saying a few kind words to help the spirit move on. I think that that part you will need to figure out for yourself, Diva. Simply do whatever you think is best~

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