You had everything taken, but only because you would not allow yourself anything other than what he gave you, or at least you wouldn't recognize it. You had one friend, mad though he was [Or, well, is, considering this isn't the exact Mitsunari he knows from home.], you had another that chose a path you couldn't follow him on, and you'd no doubt have others if you allowed it. Yet that matters little to you because of the loss of one man. How many men did you kill in his name? How many of them had families and friends who are now as bereft as you are? You are not the only man in the world who suffers, Mitsunari, and believe me, far more people suffer because of Hideyoshi rather than suffer over him.
[Not at all wise to say, not with a sword pointed at him, but even Motochika has his limits and he's been bashing his head up against this wall for far, far too long. He may not always agree with Ieyasu's methods, but he can't argue with his goals. A world united in peace is far, far better than a world dominated by strength.
It also really doesn't help that it's an injury to his own pride to hear Mitsunari continue to moan and groan about his suffering. Has Motochika not given him a place to live here? Has he not reached out his hand in friendship? Has he not kept an eye out for his well-being as much as anyone can? What more is there that he can do? Very little, to be honest, and this is the thanks he gets for it, it seems.]
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You had everything taken, but only because you would not allow yourself anything other than what he gave you, or at least you wouldn't recognize it. You had one friend, mad though he was [Or, well, is, considering this isn't the exact Mitsunari he knows from home.], you had another that chose a path you couldn't follow him on, and you'd no doubt have others if you allowed it. Yet that matters little to you because of the loss of one man. How many men did you kill in his name? How many of them had families and friends who are now as bereft as you are? You are not the only man in the world who suffers, Mitsunari, and believe me, far more people suffer because of Hideyoshi rather than suffer over him.
[Not at all wise to say, not with a sword pointed at him, but even Motochika has his limits and he's been bashing his head up against this wall for far, far too long. He may not always agree with Ieyasu's methods, but he can't argue with his goals. A world united in peace is far, far better than a world dominated by strength.
It also really doesn't help that it's an injury to his own pride to hear Mitsunari continue to moan and groan about his suffering. Has Motochika not given him a place to live here? Has he not reached out his hand in friendship? Has he not kept an eye out for his well-being as much as anyone can? What more is there that he can do? Very little, to be honest, and this is the thanks he gets for it, it seems.]