Dialogue: ??? (Chapter 10)

-Arc 1-

- A world with only good?

- A naive and false answer. If evil disappears, how can we know what good is?

- ...

- Just like a world without dirt. This world would not become clean, since dirt does not exist. What is called "cleanliness" would then become "normal", "logic", which is impossible to deny.

- I think I understand, but it seems rather twisted.

- Simpler, then. If all the elements of the universe disappear, there will be nothing left but a vacuum, right?

- I suppose so.

- But if everything is empty, that there is nothing to counteract its existence, then it wouldn't be called emptiness, right? Like being a good person wouldn't exist if there was no bad people, right?

- I think rather that the terms would not be used, but it would still exist.

- Ahah, maybe! But do you think such a world could exist?

- ...

The Kemono looked at her superior while squinting her eyes. She was always talking about disturbing and weird topics, but strangely enough, it had a touch of meaning behind it. The Kemono liked to discuss with Maslow, but she had to admit that she didn't always know what to say with her words. The Kemono finally touched her chin and nodded.

- A world where the balance is broken in such a way cannot exist. A world without dirt or a world without evil is too perfect of a world, an unrealistic world.

Maslow twirled the pencil on her finger while smiling like a maniac.

- I love it, I approve! So...

Maslow threw the pencil with super-powerful force and it embedded itself in the wall. She rested her head on her hands and smiled broadly.

- Do you really think a world without Longers could exist?

- ...

- Do you think that a world where good wins and bad loses is a realistic world?

- ...

The light blue haired Kemono didn't answer. Her two fox tails did not move, just like her lips. She remained silent and stared at Maslow, her superior, with a surprised look.

- Is the fight we are all fighting in vain?

- Absolutely not.

Maslow let out a long "Ooooh?" before settling more comfortably into her chair.

- And why is that?

- Because if a world without evil cannot exist, then a world without good cannot exist.

- What if the Longers, after wiping us all out, could create good and evil in their own race?

- Come on, we both know that's already happening in ours.

- ... Ahahah, I love talking to you, Ambre!!! You are more fun than most, ahah!

Maslow laughed and Ambre sighed.

- It's always interesting to talk with you, Maslow, but I have to admit that sometimes you don't make sense.

- That's because I want to hear people's points of view, even if I have to talk without making a single ounce of sense.

Maslow closed her eyes while smiling, hiding her teeth behind her juicy lips.

- Can I confess something to you, Ambre?

- Hmmm?

Maslow opened her eyes again, looking at the ceiling painted in a red color that could scare children.

- I think we'll win. Not because we are more powerful, not because we are more intelligent.

- Then why?

Maslow raised her right arm, opened her hand, showing her palm to the ceiling... before making a fist, as if she had just squashed a bug.

- ***Because I'm on this side.***

**>>>CHAPTER 11<<<**