[Knives doesn't seem like he's going to cause any trouble while in the Down, so at least there's that. Vash is able to sense a general feeling of discontent from him, but it's not focused on the people who come up to Vash or greet him so much as a general sense of being in the Down. It seems that, at least at first, Knives doesn't see the submissives as a threat.
He does, however, see the Down as a stark reminder that his old ideals weren't entirely inaccurate. At the core of his world view was the idea that humanity is incapable to stopping itself from taking advantage of those it deems 'weaker' in some way. Humans cannot stop themselves from exploiting other humans, natural resources, and his and Vash's siblings. The change of culture from the Up and the Down is such a visual and visceral example of that. The wealth and luxury of the Up gives way to the grime and poverty of the Down. Everywhere he looks, there are reminders that the submissives are seen as tools to be used by those who have power over them.
It's despicable and it stirs something in Knives that he makes him feel exhausted and disgusted all at once.
But at least it's not the kind of disgust that had once made him see the humans around him as a sea of maggots and more towards the structural issues that have been set up around him on this world.
Still, he can't help but be curious what kind of allowances and rationalizations Vash makes up to excuse this kind of exploitation and what value he finds in the lives of those who set up a society like this. He'll have to prod his brother into a conversation about it later.
For now, the sex worker utterly distracts him. He's still less violent when the submissive touches his brother though. This man isn't demanding anything of Vash that is degrading, as Knives had already been forced to make peace with the fact that Vash sleeps with people here - even as he was stubbornly is trying to ignore the thought of his brother having sex.
But then, the man ropes him in and that forces him to have to acknowledge it.
Gross.
He glares. But at least glaring is not hurting.]
Tell me, do you usually suggest strangers sleep with their brothers or are Vash and I just special?
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He does, however, see the Down as a stark reminder that his old ideals weren't entirely inaccurate. At the core of his world view was the idea that humanity is incapable to stopping itself from taking advantage of those it deems 'weaker' in some way. Humans cannot stop themselves from exploiting other humans, natural resources, and his and Vash's siblings. The change of culture from the Up and the Down is such a visual and visceral example of that. The wealth and luxury of the Up gives way to the grime and poverty of the Down. Everywhere he looks, there are reminders that the submissives are seen as tools to be used by those who have power over them.
It's despicable and it stirs something in Knives that he makes him feel exhausted and disgusted all at once.
But at least it's not the kind of disgust that had once made him see the humans around him as a sea of maggots and more towards the structural issues that have been set up around him on this world.
Still, he can't help but be curious what kind of allowances and rationalizations Vash makes up to excuse this kind of exploitation and what value he finds in the lives of those who set up a society like this. He'll have to prod his brother into a conversation about it later.
For now, the sex worker utterly distracts him. He's still less violent when the submissive touches his brother though. This man isn't demanding anything of Vash that is degrading, as Knives had already been forced to make peace with the fact that Vash sleeps with people here - even as he was stubbornly is trying to ignore the thought of his brother having sex.
But then, the man ropes him in and that forces him to have to acknowledge it.
Gross.
He glares. But at least glaring is not hurting.]
Tell me, do you usually suggest strangers sleep with their brothers or are Vash and I just special?