Talk:Re: Chapter 116/@comment-27345913-20170311171332/@comment-27247962-20170312142338

^She secretly has a little bar that pings whenever someone is writing something similar & then she goes in overdrive competitive-mode. :) I've been unable to beat the Harostart engine to this day.

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The fact that Marude read a book written by a ghoul, indicates that he has an open perspective on what they could bring to the table informationwise. The fact that he read the book & was curious or intrigued enough to start some personal investigating, means that the term 'ghoul' is not the issue with the Yoshitoki-case. As Haro said, it's the fact that there is a possibility of everything he knows & has been taught to be inconsequential... meaningless. Because his boss that orders him to find clues about important ghoul whereabouts & help the investigators track them, is a ghoul. The one that counts on him to put a stop to the carnage of humans, because of ghouls, has been hinted to be the biggest fish in ghoul society of them all. If Marude confirmed this, then that would instantly mean he was being played. What were his efforts for if not to stop ghouls? How much did he help the biggest fish in the pond reach their goal? How much tragedy had to pass & how many friends did he mourn for this lie he had been working his ass of for?

The issue is that his world would shatter & be replaced by a reality that stands for everything he was opposing. His beef with ghouls has almost nothing to do with this.

And Goat for that matter is a gathering of people that have been used by this system & in some form or way were a victim of this same lie. Marude is able to find people in Goat that had similar experiences, much more tragic ones then Marude's for a fact.

Hideyoshi is a bridge that indirectly connects both Marude & Kaneki to each other. Bringing Hide up would make Marude at least take the time to listen to Kaneki's proposal. Amon is also a possible bargaining chip & explaining to Marude how Amon & for that matter Kaneki & Takizawa fell victim to the same lie, might steel Marude in deciding to join forces & try to undo as much as he can & for once now for sure that he's following a path he knows is justified, because it's on his own terms this time.

The shattering reality-check already took place, now it's just waiting for someone to reach out to the other & start the negotiations.