@brassbounded said: thoughts on betrayal for Roy, Jigen and Lupin
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“Unforgivable.” This shouldn’t even be a question that Mustang needs to answer. He holds his opinion on things like these on his sleeve. “If you tell people that trust you and care about you one thing, and then turn around and stab them in the back? That is one of the worst things a person can do. Physically or with your words. You have to assign yourself to a certain standard and stick to it. It’s sometimes not even personal. But if you do a complete 180 on your country or your friends, there is no excuse you can make that will fix the damage you’ve done.”
“Sucks.” Jigen reached up and pulled the brim of his hat lower. “I mean. You think a guy like me would learn right? But no, it hurts like shit every, friggin’, time. You open yourself up around people and then they shoot you, or leave you to die, or break your heart. It’s shit like that that makes it hard to trust other people.” He taps the table in front of him to make a point. “It sucks even more when you’ve been runnin’ with people for a really long time and think that you can trust them, but then they turn around and slice your best friend’s chest open!” Maybe that was a bit too much. The gunman crossed his arms with a huff. “Betrayal is something you can’t take back, and people should know better than to cross me by now.”
“Aw, what’s one betrayal or two or five between friends?” Lupin said with a smile, lifting his hand to brush off the question like dirt on his jacket. “I almost always look forward to Fujicakes betraying me. A little betrayal makes things more interesting! Keeps the fire alive.” He pauses, realizing he should clarify. “Now, I’m not one to betray my friends.” Unless you count broken promises that he won’t fake his death again betrayal. “But if I get betrayed once in a while it’s no big deal if they feel bad about it afterwords. Water under the bridge I say!”