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===Violence=== | ===Violence=== | ||
===Altruism=== | ===Altruism=== | ||
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was. | Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was. | ||
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So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly. | So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly. | ||
===Mutant Muro=== | |||
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]]. | |||
Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects. | |||
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it. | |||
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro. | |||
Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues: | |||
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation? | |||
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her [[dream]]s, perhaps? | |||