095 ty.dakini

///C
Ty:
Are you still behaving yourself, Dakini?
Dakini:
... Of course, I am.
Ty:
Excellent! I'm happy to know my rehabilitation techniques have improved!
Dakini:
Rehabilitation? We barely talk to each other.
Ty:
All the more reason to pat myself on the back. My last attempts of turning brigands around were... not so great. And believe me, I tried much harder with them than I did you.
Dakini:
... You tried recruiting other outlaws before?
Ty:
Oh, yes. Plenty of times. Sadly... most are not interested. I have the scars to prove it!
Dakini:
Ouch. That's too bad though.
Ty:
I just think... it doesn't have to be this way for people, you know? Salvation is for anyone, as long as they are willing. Why would they deny a second chance...?
Dakini:
I don't know. Some feel like they can't change. Others... I guess they just love being bad.
Ty:
Mmm... If only they could see...

///B
Ty:
What turned you to banditry in the first place, Dakini? You are unlike any outlaw I've ever seen.
Dakini:
Believe it or not, I was part of a noble family once. But my house was destroyed for defying Raum when he gained power. I was the sole survivor of the massacre. After that, I never stayed in one place long. Disaster followed me home after home. When I was old enough, I decided enough was enough. If the world was my enemy, it was time to fight back. It was tough. I'm a dainty girl, no matter how much I train. But I did manage to make a life for myself as a looter. Maybe a normal person would have been satisfied with that.
Ty:
But you were not.
Dakini:
I'm sure everyone who cared about me would be disappointed. Some were bad, but a lot of them were good people... The last time I raided a village was when it really hit me. I could see the faces of my foster families in the people I chopped up.
Ty:
...
Dakini:
Thankfully I was picked up by this army afterwards. But a question remains... Do I really deserve a second chance? After all I've done?
Ty:
...

///A
Ty:
Dakini, my friend, everyone who is repentant deserves a second chance.
Dakini:
You don't have to say things to make me feel better.
Ty:
I too have done this world a great disservice.
Dakini:
A goody goody like you?
Ty:
My path began when I murdered an innocent man. And for a time after that, I was a mere brigand as well. I killed, I stole. I was a beast in human form.
Dakini:
... And what made you quit?
Ty:
I had an epiphany, I remembered my older sister. The one who raised me. The one who taught me right from wrong. Even though I had  committed much sin, even though I felt like I didn't deserve to be saved... I decided to save myself. I believe it is better than to continue living as a beast.
Dakini:
...
Ty:
Now, I wish to spread this to others who have lost their way. We can all make it, all it takes is the will to do so.
Dakini:
Well, nice to know you aren't some fool after all. Maybe there is hope for people like us.
Ty:
That's what I tell myself at night anyway.