IWP-205 | Sector B : High Priority Containment | Interrogation Room
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Gildward
We live in a world where the narrative is king, and emotion is queen.
Esecutore
How heteronormative.
Gildward
Maybe it was a playing card reference.
Esecutore
Then the narrative would be the Ace. And the Emotion-King would still be patriarchal.
Esecutore
Well, pentultriarchal.
Gildward
The point is. Our world is shaped by narrative. And control over said narrative is control over the world itself. Allowing that power to just exist willy-nilly is dangerous.
Gildward
Even music, by itself, can affect the world- imagine a person finding a coin on the ground.
Gildward
Now add a scary soundtrack to it. Something bad is going to happen to that person.
Gildward
All forms of performance.. everything from mime to limericks, are capable of modifying the very fabric of narrative, perspective, and emotional reality. It is our responsibility to make sure that said reality does not crumble under the narrative weight.
Gildward
Well, my responsibility. It was yours too until you went rogue.
Esecutore
I just don’t think it’s right to keep someone in a very visible box just because they, to use a random example, are able generate an invisible box.
Esecutore
Anyway, speaking of affecting reality, how is your signature move, The Melody of Finite been treating you?
Gildward
I’m allowed to have that because I am responsible. Given what we both know about Eteranals, you know as well as I do that other people cannot be trusted with what is, essentially, a code execution glitch.
Esecutore
Because you’re the super responsible Director of the Musical Bureau of Investigations, blah blah blah.
Gildward
YES.
