There is the slightest cant of his head as Childe hears what she has to say. Getting rid of things they don't like is pretty common in a government when someone or a group of someones of like mind hold the power over the vast majority. This reign is no different from the next human group that fills the vacancy.
"Not like? That doesn't sound quite right. The Regent doesn't like this world as a whole, but it's still here." Even if the Regent is intending to change that and bring about destruction to it, it remains obvious that for some reason the Regent has not been able to initiate this process for some time. Childe has assumed that's not out of choice.
Still, he also doesn't quite understand what forces are at work that's stopping them.
His fingers curl under a bit between his palm and the table. A thought does cross his mind suddenly as to what that reason very may well be, which would certainly coincide with Vaeka's view on things without being unreconcilable to the Regent's version, but there's nothing to gain by stating it. He's sure she wouldn't know. It'll have to be a question that he asks the Regent themself.
"...Were you not listening to what he said?" he asks now, his tone having calmed to something more curious than simply fired up. He nods his head towards Emet-Selch. "All humanity knows how to do is judge those different than them, create suffering and conflict, and they never ever learn. They cause their own downfall through the delusional views of a better world while ignoring their contribution to its decaying state in the first place. If it weren't for the people of Horos as a whole and their decisions, the Regent wouldn't have reason to even exist. Annihilation is never the preferred outcome, but one thing is clear: none of you have managed to change this world for the better in the time you've had being alive... so we can at least guarantee it won't be any worse off with all of you dead, either."
Childe sounds like he's stating things far lighter than what he actually is. There's no threatening tone, no implied aggression beyond what the actual words themselves carry. In the end she's right: he doesn't really care.
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"Not like? That doesn't sound quite right. The Regent doesn't like this world as a whole, but it's still here." Even if the Regent is intending to change that and bring about destruction to it, it remains obvious that for some reason the Regent has not been able to initiate this process for some time. Childe has assumed that's not out of choice.
Still, he also doesn't quite understand what forces are at work that's stopping them.
His fingers curl under a bit between his palm and the table. A thought does cross his mind suddenly as to what that reason very may well be, which would certainly coincide with Vaeka's view on things without being unreconcilable to the Regent's version, but there's nothing to gain by stating it. He's sure she wouldn't know. It'll have to be a question that he asks the Regent themself.
"...Were you not listening to what he said?" he asks now, his tone having calmed to something more curious than simply fired up. He nods his head towards Emet-Selch. "All humanity knows how to do is judge those different than them, create suffering and conflict, and they never ever learn. They cause their own downfall through the delusional views of a better world while ignoring their contribution to its decaying state in the first place. If it weren't for the people of Horos as a whole and their decisions, the Regent wouldn't have reason to even exist. Annihilation is never the preferred outcome, but one thing is clear: none of you have managed to change this world for the better in the time you've had being alive... so we can at least guarantee it won't be any worse off with all of you dead, either."
Childe sounds like he's stating things far lighter than what he actually is. There's no threatening tone, no implied aggression beyond what the actual words themselves carry. In the end she's right: he doesn't really care.