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"Saiya-jins on a whole share the same ideals - live on these ideals. To defer from our ways of honor, pride, and thinking is much like heresy. These people only lose honor - are regarded as traitors to our race."

User thought, "I'm not sure if it actually comes across or whether it is all lost to translation. We are a dying people - we are trying to preserve ourselves in any way. We use to have billions - now only only a few thousand left."

Again silence followed, "We're scared... scared of finally losing our identities to the universe."

"You see," User started, "After preserving what little we have left - its all starting to falter."

He sighed, "What do you care, anyway?"

"Good question. What do I care? To be honest, I couldn't tell you one way or another." The raven haired ronin rose to his feet, growing a bit bored with the fight below. It wasn't moving fast enough for him and he was in truth more interested in other things.

"Consider this though. The Saiya-jin race maintained those ideals to their dying breath. Like you said they lived by it. Sounds to me like they were rather static and unchanging. It's a complete juxtaposition to the ever evolving human race. They may not be the strongest of species, but they recognize and embrace the need to change."

Once again he let the silence grow thick, until even he himself could not bear it. "Even after the mass eradication of your people you hold on to these beliefs of honor and pride like Catholics to a bible. But there are many ways to have honor and pride beyond being merely thickheaded and reckless. On the battle field you are brave, but in your own heart, you are a coward. If you are truly fighting for Sabrina, you wouldn't be so afraid to admit it."

There were probably a million other things Keno could say at the moment, but he felt no need to do so. The Saiya-jin would have more questions and there were more than enough people to share their insight with him. "The only encouragement I can give you to change is this: Yours is a race of warriors who share a common pride for combat prowess. However, as great as that pride was, it was not strong enough to preserve your existence. Even now, your numbers continue to decrease, with no signs of slowing down until there isn't a single one of you left. That is a truth that is as common as the honor you have in yourselves. Maybe the Saiya-jin, in order to survive, need something else to be proud of."

And with the end of speech, Keno began to fade away like a wisp of smoke in a light wind, his body thinning as it vanished. The talk was a good one, but he should take the opportunity for judge deadlock and continue training.

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(Is anyone still around?)

( ::Crawls into her hole with her and lurks too:: Hiya babe? Mind if I join you?)

(Fine see if I care. ..Meanie! ::gets out of hole and leaves:: )

((*has allowed himself a half hour online* As we can see by the lack of activity as Tac, I've been offline. It'll likely be a few more days. Deity, if you PMed me with anything to judge, um... Sorry. >.< The rest of ya, cya soon...maybe >.>))

(( ooooo: Ichi gets to judge Tali's match! It's not done yet though. Yeeah... Ichi's been having a stressful summer break so far. She wants to go to parties with her friends but her parental unit is making her go to people's parties in which she says I will know them. If I DO know them, I'm always the outcast at my family's parties. Being an asian and not acting like an Abercrombie Asian is HARD. - -' I should go buy pants from Abercrombie. They'd make my butt look bigger. razz ))