I agree with you entirely, but that may not be how Maruki sees it. Maruki has an entirely different mindset from anyone we know, perhaps even different from that of the one here. Even if we were to tell him that, he is most likely far too set in his ambitions to be willing to hear such a thing.
Dove's eyes linger on the word 'victims'. Something about it just makes his stomach twist and turn.
Victim. That means to be harmed by another party... You said that I'm a victim?
He reads the words, and just something about it doesn't want to sit in his mind. As though it has never occurred to him that he was a victim in his own world. He knew he was wronged, but the idea of being called a victim carries a weight he had never considered before.
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Dove's eyes linger on the word 'victims'. Something about it just makes his stomach twist and turn.
Victim. That means to be harmed by another party... You said that I'm a victim?
He reads the words, and just something about it doesn't want to sit in his mind. As though it has never occurred to him that he was a victim in his own world. He knew he was wronged, but the idea of being called a victim carries a weight he had never considered before.
It's a bit harrowing and confusing for him.