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===Childhood and Ancestry=== Kim Kitsuragi was born in [[Revachol]] around '08 to half-[[Seol|Seolite]] parents; his paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother were from Seol.{{RefQ|KIM KITSURAGI||"That's because I'm half-Seolite. Or quarter. My father's father was from Seol -- so was my grandmother, but from my mother's side..." He shakes his head. "It's not an interesting topic."}} He's never met his grandparents,{{RefQ|name=":10"|KIM KITSURAGI||"You're barking up the wrong tree. I don't speak a word of Seolite, I've never met either one of my grandparents. And I've never *been* to Seol." He seems almost proud of these things. "I'm a regular Revacholiere."}} and cannot speak Seolite.{{RefQ|KIM KITSURAGI||"Mhm. I don't speak a word of Seolite and I've never met either one of my grandparents. There is nothing *ethnic* I can tell you. Or anyone else."}} His Seolite ancestry caused others to treat him poorly,{{RefD|name="downwithracismtalk"|Kim Kitsuragi||The lieutenant narrows his gaze. "So you *don't* find his views... say, *unbefitting of a police officer*?"|Kim Kitsuragi||[...]"Let me say just one more thing. As you've seen, these sorts of attitudes are quite common in Martinaise. So I expect this to happen again. And again...|Kim Kitsuragi||"I've had this conversation enough times in my life. From now on, I'm going to stay out of it. How you choose to respond is your business." He concludes: "Now -- let's get back to the task at hand."}} calling him racial slurs{{RefD|Kim Kitsuragi||"Dance? Yellow?" He pauses to look at you with tired eyes. "*Monkey fucker*?"|Empathy|Medium: Success|Yes, if anything, the lieutenant feels tired. Like a man who's heard the same record one time too many.|Kim Kitsuragi||"We're done."}}{{RefD|KIM KITSURAGI||"People call me all sorts of things. But you know the one thing they *never* call me?"|KIM KITSURAGI||"Revacholian."|KIM KITSURAGI||"I don't suppose anyone ever questions whether you belong here. Not matter how badly you fuck up, no matter what a mess you make, you never *stop* being Revacholian..."|YOU||Say nothing.|KIM KITSURAGI||"I was born here. I grew up here. It's the only *home* I've ever known. And there's a good chance I'll die in the line of duty here, too."|KIM KITSURAGI||"But -- to most of my countrymen, I will always be some *monkey fucker*."}} and causing Kim to struggle with not being considered Revacholian,{{Ref|name=":4"}} despite being born and raised in Revachol. He prefers not to associate himself with Seol, instead calling himself a "regular, garden variety Revacholiere."{{RefD|KIM KITSURAGI||"I can see you're disappointed." A brief smile. "You're right to be -- I don't speak a word of Seolite. I've never met either one of my grandparents. I've never been to Seol. I'm a regular, garden variety Revacholiere."|RHETORIC||A point of pride to him.}}{{Ref|name=":10"}} When he was 2 years old, his parents were killed during the end of the [[Antecentennial Revolution]]. He was spared due to his young age.{{RefD|JOYCE MESSIER||She turns to him. "And what is *your* official position, lieutenant?"|KIM KITSURAGI||"My position, ma'am? My parents got ripped to shreds in the Revolution -- I would have gone the same way. I was saved by being two years old. That's my position -- the abattoir."}} As a child, he dreamed of becoming an [[aerostatic]] pilot, and was particularly interested in the revolutionary air brigades.{{RefD|name=":0"|KIM KITSURAGI||"Okay. I wanted to become an aerostatic pilot. Then I turned ten and realized we no longer have an air force."|YOU||"Are you sure the *revolutionary* has got nothing to do with this?"|KIM KITSURAGI||"Absolutely nothing."|DRAMA|Medium: Success|The *revolutionary* must have added a little lustre to it, for a ten-year-old Kitsuragi. He will never admit it though.|You||"Absolutely nothing?"|Kim Kitsuragi||"Okay, I admit to it. The Revolution employed a more forward-looking eight-rotor design. Their blades were foldable and their pilots were better trained and motivated."|Kim Kitsuragi||He corrects his glasses. "I say this from a purely tactical standpoint of course."|Empathy|Medium: Success|It is not from a *purely* tactical standpoint. We are not ruling out that the lieutenant had a little... rebel phase in that past of his.}} He also had an affinity for the [[Franconigerian cavalry|Franconigerian]] knights.{{RefD|name=":1"|KIM KITSURAGI||"Franconigerian knights." He looks at the dusty figurines in the dim light. "I used to be very serious about these guys."|ESPRIT DE CORPS|Medium: Success|...a long, long time ago.}} It is heavily implied that he was bullied in high-school for wearing glasses,{{RefD|KIM KITSURAGI||"Binoclard... binoclard..." he repeats to himself, eyes fixed on the ground.|EMPATHY|Medium: Success|Whatever high-school bullying memories you woke in your colleague, he doesn't enjoy them.}} and is strongly against any unnecessary displays of force{{RefD|Kim Kitsuragi||"Excellent job bullying that old man, officer," the lieutenant says with a frown. He looks impatient and not happy. "He'll be sure to put in a good word for the RCM in the future."|Rhetoric|Medium: Success|He doesn't think it was an excellent job at all -- he's disappointed.}}{{RefD|René Arnoux||The old carabineer stares at you for a moment, then tension leaves him and he asks: "Was there something else you wanted to take from us?"|Kim Kitsuragi||"You already threw their ball into the water, took a sandwich from one of them, and a medal from the other. What more could we possibly want? Perhaps we're done bullying these citizens?"}} against those who are "weaker"{{RefD|Kim Kitsuragi||"Cool." The lieutenant nods approvingly. "You really showed that mail collection box."|Rhetoric|Medium: Success|He does not actually think it's cool. If anything, the lieutenant feels sorry for the poor box -- he's leaning in to inspect the layers of graffito that deface it.|You||"Oh, you're being sarcastic. I get it. It was actually a dick move."|Kim Kitsuragi||The lieutenant pats the box, ever so slightly.|Empathy|Medium: Success|Dodged the bullet there... He must see the box as the weaker of the two, and you as a bully -- something he doesn't stand for.}} because of this. At one point, Kim had a complicated relationship with his given name, but decided not to change it.{{RefD|EMPATHY|Challenging: Success|Kim must have had doubts about his name at some point too, but deliberately discarded them.|YOU||"Have you ever wanted to change your name, Kim?"|KIM KITSURAGI||"Change? No, not exactly. But I think all of us at some point imagine what our lives might have been had we been something else."|KIM KITSURAGI||"And then we feel trapped by the names we've been given, as symbols of the intentions and expectations of others..." He pulls a long, pensive drag.|KIM KITSURAGI||"Even if I were to change my name now, upon hearing any syllable that sounds like *kim* in the street, I'd turn to see who was calling me."}}
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