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Tch, nothin' really.

[He says, having beaten Darin to a pulp, broadcasted it on the network as a warning, and then had a huge blow out fight with him after he returned in early August after being ported out. Hmm.]

Dude just thinks he knows what I'm about, thinks he can fix what ain't broken. Just a battle of egos, really.

[Guzma shrugs.]

Think he's just mad 'cos I ain't bitin' his moral-based bait, is all.

[Lets ignore the fact that Guzma has been the main instigator in these fights because he feels threatened by Darin. Useless details!]

[ Good thing Finn very rarely checks out the network, but he still frowns about all that. ]

Some people mean well but they really miss the mark. [ Not that Finn's come in contact with very many people who were Like That towards him. The only difference between himself and Guzma was that he managed to use polite manners to run away from those conversations. He gets the anger all the same, though. ]

If he hasn't figured it out by now, fighting him more won't help. He'll just keep coming.

[ Though maybe Finn's comparing his own situations to Guzma's a little too much. ]

[To be fair, a lot of it was some hard fronting, because he did make sure that Darin was retrieved, and didn't bleed out or nothing. Guzma's a lot of posturing, but he'll go pretty far with it just to make sure people are intimidated and stay back.]

Dunno if I'd say that. I think more often than not people are lookin' to satisfy their own self-righteousness. They look at a dude like me and think they got some self-imposed duty to fulfill, so they can pat themselves on the back for how good they are. [Guzma tsks, shaking his head.] How heroic it is to shed some pity on a wretched and unfortunate soul.

[Again, he shrugs.]

Who knows. Some dudes only understand shit through fightin'. Him and me talkin' never did no good, so I'll beat him down at every pass. I ain't one to back down, yo.

[ Self-righteousness. Now that's something Finn's familiar with, even if it was usually from the opposite side of the war. ] Everyone does what they think is right, even if it's only right by them. [ Another, much smaller reason to dread going home, he supposed. There were going to be a lot of pitying looks on the ones that weren't afraid and resentful.

But his mind drifts back to this current situation, the on-going fight between Guzma and Darin. He rolls on to his side to better face him, though Mightyena apparently thinks it's for better hugs. ] If all you two do is fight and he's still coming after you, at least he knows what he's getting into... Hell, maybe he likes it. Some people just want to fight.

[ He's... starting to think Guzma likes it, too. ]

Ain't that the truth. Anyone who ain't on their side, who can't conform be damned. [Lets not kid ourselves, it's partially for better hugs, and Mightyena deserves the best hugs.]

Oh, the dude likes it, I know he does. [Guzma doesn't seem too bothered by this fact. He isn't, if it was just fights, he'd be less threatened, less bothered. But Guzma feels like his core, who he is, is being challenged every time. As if he thinks Darin's aim is to beat Guzma down so much he forces him to become someone he isn't, or can't be. Like Alola tried before him, and Guzma knows that won't work on him.

Yet, Darin seems determined to believe he's something he's not. That there's some good to him, when Guzma's convinced there isn't.] If that's all he wanted, that'd be one thing, but he's made it real apparent he's got ulterior motives.

[ Well, okay, the hugs are definitely a bonus.

Finn's quiet for a minute, thinking about this whole mess. Darin must see something in Guzma that makes him want to keep trying. But what's really the point? It's not like Guzma's a bad person. He doesn't need to be changed. Was it just a reason to keep fighting him? Was it a weird form of flirting?? ]

... This guy sounds weird. Maybe I should meet him sometime.

[Darin does indeed see something in Guzma, something that Guzma denies. He doesn't like to think of himself as good, or actually capable of being anything other than bad, but Darin seems set on proving him wrong.

Guzma hates it. He'd almost prefer it if it was some form of flirting, but it doesn't seem to be the case.]

He's hella weird, man. I ain't gonna tell ya not to meet him, but I dunno how much you'll get from it.

[He shrugs, smirking.]

You seem too decent of a dude to really set off his Bulushit, anyway.

Thanks. [ He says it with a little laugh and smile, pretty sure it was meant as a compliment. ]

I don't know, though. My past isn't exactly the cleanest. If he knows half of the things I told Jacob during Aegis recruitment, then I'm surprised he hasn't hunted me down already.

[ At the same time, he's aware that everything he knows about this Darin fella is coming from Guzma who isn't a big fan of the guy. There are two sides to just about everything, but Finn can at least sympathize that he sounds really annoying. Finding out if he'd treat Finn similarly is a good enough reason to meet him. ]

[It is a compliment, to most people, anyway. Decency isn't something Guzma looks upon too favorably, at least not usually. But...Finn's alright, actually. Somehow he's a decent dude who doesn't rile Guzma, and that's a very rare thing indeed. But that mention of having a seedy past gets Guzma's attention, and maybe that's the answer to the mystery.

Maybe Guzma's got a sense for people with foul beginnings.]

Oh yeah? Unless you're still followin' that dirty path he probably ain't gonna care. But seein' as you're in Aegis, I doubt that.

[A beat.]

...So, what were you a criminal or something?

[ Finn shrugs and is just quiet for a moment, petting Mightyena. In truth, he's just trying to figure out how to answer that. ]

I was a soldier for some... not good people. Been trying something different these days, so maybe he won't get uppity about it, but it's not as if the past just dies. You know?

[There's a weird pang in Guzma's chest at the end of what Finn says, his expression faltering a bit. He does indeed know that the past doesn't just die. His eyes stay on Mightyena as he's silent for a couple moments.]

Don't I ever. Well, whatever ya did, it don't matter much now, huh?

[Which...is also true for Guzma in a way.]

Either way, he ain't worth your time. [Yet he's somehow worth Guzma's? Not that he's ever been one to make total sense.] Be glad if he decides you ain't worth his.

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