text; @The Seventh Crown of the Seventh Demon King;

[unrequite]

[ Four lines of text. ]

This is written in Victorian.
Kore wa Laterano-ji Higashi-go de kakareteimasu.
This is written in Higashinese.
This written by in Yanese. (Might be bad. Sorry.)

Please do let me know how many of these sentences you understand.

[ The first is in what would be considered Earth English, the second is what would be known as Japanese written in Romaji, but he's called it "Laterano-ji Higashinese". The third was written in Japanese, the fourth was written in some rather poor Chinese. He's called the languages themselves clearly incorrect names. What's more important, though, is that only the second one should parse as phonetic, and should only be understandable to fellow Japanese speakers. The rest are in whatever language is most understandable to whoever reads it. Funny, huh? This city sure is strange! ]

Comments

[unrequite]

For the latter: it's dependent on the situation. Yes, in the same way some nurses apologize when applying antiseptic to a wound. It's neither the nurse's fault for causing you pain, nor is it the serum's fault for bringing some amount of harm right before healing begins. The apology is a social construct that absolves one of the hurt that comes from bringing discomfort to another person, even if, technically, they were the cause. Otherwise, it's probably hypocrisy.

[ It's not at all applicable to the original situation, but Kaveh's no longer a part of the conversation, so. ]

Sincerity is subjective. One can't judge sincerity from the outside, it's a phenomenon that depends on knowing the intention behind one's actions. Trying to judge someone's sincerity is a lost cause, as far as I'm concerned. Or, more to the point, I've never found it a useful exercise.

[justscribing]

I see.

[He doesn't have much to say about the first part: that a level, nuanced perspective. Alhaitham may not care to hear the apology in any circumstance, but there's a recognition for how other people's perspectives exist in the world.

The second part, however:] Is giving your opinion whether you see either of us as being insincere not a form of judgement?

[unrequite]

Of course it is. Are you concerned about me occupying my time with useless pursuits?

[justscribing]

No. Just curious if you recognized it yourself.

[Doing useless things on purpose, huh. No wonder he sympathizes with Kaveh.]

[unrequite]

I do. I hope you're quite satisfied.

[ Because Midnight is very happy to be of service! He's not sure what Alhaitham is after, honestly... Like, he's got his guesses, but they're rather useless as well. ]