Jiro will be his best bet to get info from, since he really likes Hizen (sorry, Hizen).
He mentions that he doesn't think there's any kind of cursed presence out there that drives people to violence, he just thinks that's what happens to people who are left with no choice but "survive" and little else. He says that having a network of people you care about, who care about you, the singular building block of "society" being bonds formed between individuals, is what keeps people from turning into those monsters you hear about out in the Wastes.
He gets a little sentimental about it, comparing it a bit to the way minerals of iron and carbon bind together, forming steel, becoming stronger and grander, whereas just a chunk of iron by itself in an environment like that is doomed to oxidize, to rust, and crumble away. He stays on this blacksmithing metaphor for well too long, of course, because it's Jiro, but you get it.
He thinks Hizen shouldn't worry; so long as he goes out there with people he trusts, people he knows will keep him "him", he should be fine. He's got friends here.
On an OOC level; yeah there's no force that drives them to becoming monster, it's just what however many centuries away from civilization in an environment that is extremely difficult to survive in has driven them too. There are exceptions to this, though, and it'll become relevant during the event.
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He mentions that he doesn't think there's any kind of cursed presence out there that drives people to violence, he just thinks that's what happens to people who are left with no choice but "survive" and little else. He says that having a network of people you care about, who care about you, the singular building block of "society" being bonds formed between individuals, is what keeps people from turning into those monsters you hear about out in the Wastes.
He gets a little sentimental about it, comparing it a bit to the way minerals of iron and carbon bind together, forming steel, becoming stronger and grander, whereas just a chunk of iron by itself in an environment like that is doomed to oxidize, to rust, and crumble away. He stays on this blacksmithing metaphor for well too long, of course, because it's Jiro, but you get it.
He thinks Hizen shouldn't worry; so long as he goes out there with people he trusts, people he knows will keep him "him", he should be fine. He's got friends here.
On an OOC level; yeah there's no force that drives them to becoming monster, it's just what however many centuries away from civilization in an environment that is extremely difficult to survive in has driven them too. There are exceptions to this, though, and it'll become relevant during the event.