Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25582638-20160610195851/@comment-5999656-20160614190602

Automne was about to start flipping through the digital menu, eager to try out a place that was so modern and catered to the younger generation, when Cyzarine asked her a question that was... close to home, no doubt. So she looked past the projection and into Cyzarine's eyes. It would be easy to sidestep this question with, "I'm not well informed enough to have an opinion," but that would be untrue. If she wanted Cyzarine to be honest with her, Automne was going to have to be open first.

"... You know, even if we don't see it much in Vale, there's a lot of blatant racism and discrimination in our society even today," Automne began slowly, "And a lot of Faunus are really, really sick of it. So I understand why people might think violence is the answer, just because it's the only thing that seems to have made a difference. It was a human who kidnapped me, a human who tortured me." Automne paused.

"But... I stole from Faunus as a kid to survive. It was two humans who helped me recover and it was their generosity which led to me being here, in Beacon. I thought the White Fang were interesting," Automne said, leaning forward, "But I've realized that instead of judging people as one group, we should look at them as individuals."

Automne had actually put a lot of thought into this subject, even if she usually avoided talking about it. What she's said so far was safe: judge people for their own actions, not the actions of someone else. But what about when the actions of one person influenced that of another, creating a cascading effect like that of the White Fang?

"So I guess basically, I see where the White Fang are coming from but I don't agree with their methods, especially since their recent targets have been only tangentially related to racism. Terror tactics have no justification, even if there is a reason behind it."

Automne sighed.

"This is pretty dark stuff, and I get maybe you wanna learn more about it but I don't wanna let my opinions run too far, you know? So, like, what's your opinion on the stuff?"