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forgetme-eternally-blissfully · 13 hours ago

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Currently rereading the novel for my fic and my god, Cale really do be the little shit type. Man's out here spouting bullshit left and right. He thinks he's scamming other people but he's running the biggest scam on himself??

Like what do you mean you're scamming the Jungle by putting out their fire in exchange for land? That's called employment?? What sort of job did you do before?

What do you mean you're gonna use On and Hong, and force Choi Han to pay for his meals? You're gonna scam Eruhaben, or put Raon to work? Saved Hannah and Jack, using them to topple the Empire? They already wanted to do that, dumbass. You give these people food, a house, affection and mental stability, and you think you're scamming them?

Man's biggest scam is deluding himself.

The funniest thing is reading about how at one point, Adin considers the two of them to be alike. Meanwhile, Cale's out here kicking ass and taking names with the power of friendship.

#I tagged u cuz I went off in the tags and thought u might want to see 6-6 also hiiiiiii #long analysis >#I think it's more that his sense of payment is screwed up #he COULD have done those things for free. he could do it at little expense to himself in fact bc those things that he's doing are BASIC aid #put out the forest fire? he would have to do that eventually anyway #feeding and clothing on and hong and choi han? he's rich! it costs him nothing to shelter some orphans and a lost protagonist #he Could Have done it for free but he didn't. in fact- as a team leader of the apocalypse- most of the care he gave out would have been free #he's used to rescuing individuals that will never be able to pay him back. who will refuse to pay him back. he has done things at the expens #e #of his friends and his body and years off of his life #he helped rebuilt civilization through his efforts to withstand the deficit of thousands of people #the aid he is giving is because he is a leader. when you meet a survivor on the road that is struggling. you give them some supplies you can #spare. because those are connections that may come back to aid you one day. but also bc it is kindness #Cale is incredibly kind. he asks for compensation because he is in a position where he needs immediate assistance for the future #on and hong are useful. choi han is incredibly useful. the forest fire needed to be put out and yet he also got land and extra mana stones-#all of which he NEEDS for his plans! he CANT let them do nothing- and that's why he thinks he's exploiting them #he couldn't let on and hong go to a nice family and live peacefully. he couldn't direct Choi Han to a life without violence. he couldn't #wash away the fire without asking for anything in return because he NEEDS those things for the war. ultimately to protect everyone he has to #be That Person. the one that accepts the debts of others. he has the power to waive it away but can't because he needs that debt #THATS why he thinks that he's selfish. he sees everything in the way of his slacker life as his responsibility and therefore he is in charge #of getting rid of that obstacle. whether that is a protagonist or orphans or a burning forest. the idea that They are responsible for #His Decision? to feed orphans and protagonist and put out fires? they didn't ask him to. why should they be in debt for that?#but he puts them in debt anyway because he Needs them.#that is the Cale Conundrum #a lot of reasoning goes into every little decision and choice that he makes! because of the curse!!! it makes me insane #analysis over ;p

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