Talk:Hajime Hazuki/@comment-27065544-20170716092528/@comment-27247962-20170717180946

^That's a good insight on the Zero Squad, Pancake.

The complexity of this predicament  with kid soldiers, doesn't (sadly enough) lie with the kids themselves. They can all technically be tabula rasas once more. The issue is how deep the manipulation is rooted in their system. The Zero Squad had the harsh training of the Garden, but the tranquil/cold/stoic presence of both Arima & Take. They've gotten lucky in a way. Maybe you remember Arima not being able to write anything on his testament, a white paper. We could say that Arima is also exactly that, a tabula rasa. People could write stuff on that paper in his place and mold him. The absense of a will & dreams, means there will barely have been any influence from Arima to the kids of Zero Squad. Besides fighting they're as empty as Arima and only guided by the wishes of others. Arima never had a wish, except in the end and they gave everything up just for that wish of his. They've got the best chance at a relatively normal life, if they've got a person that can teach them how to live such a life.

The Oggai regrettably have a more twisted benefactor in Furuta. Whatever Furuta & Kanou put inside their had, it'll be quite the task of weeding it all out. It'll cost a lot of time and most importantly absence of every stimuli related to what Furuta & Kanou made them belief and think.

A kid is very curious & seeks answers, is very formable is you mentioned, but there is only one chance to do that correctly. If you fill a kid with a lot of twisted thoughts, then you'll first have to completely destroy that fundament of belief and thoughts. If you're lucky and they don't break or go crazy in the process, then you can slowly build them up from scratch again. Building good morals & valueblocks on top of the rotten blocks, is the same as pouring water into a glass with oil on the bottom. The oil will just make it's way to the surface again. It won't mix or be buried under layer upon layer of good, it'll still be there right on top. And it'll be more difficult to extract ones you put water in it or in our case good intentions.

Best start would be too annihilate the garden and it's ideology, show them that they are the once that have been learned incorrectly and present them with a free choice to learn what is correct. You'll immediately be able to extract those that are already too far gone and those that aren't or are more adaptable/flexible to changes.