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"Piccolo." "Hn?" "Remember Nappa." "I'd rather not if I'm honest. He killed me, remember?" "... What do you think would have happened had he lived too? Kakarot was willing to let him live, just like he let me live. Do you think he also could have turned out ..." "Like you did? Change sides? Change?" "Hm." "You know you're asking the former King Piccolo here. I was literally born out of the evil that prevented Kami from becoming Earth's guardian. Twenty years ago I would have rather died than consider allying myself with Goku of all people, much less become friends with him." "So your answer is yes?" "I have known Nappa for as long as he was on Earth. A few hours. In that time he killed three people, including me, and he had fun doing it. If that is all that I know of someone, my answer is no." "..." "My answer was no for you, too. Had I been alive when Goku asked Krillin to spare you, I would have shoved him aside and ended you myself." "You're smarter than Kakarot." "But Goku was right. Had anyone shown us back then who you are now, we would not have considered it possible. Yet here you are. We are having this conversation, which you started. So you are admitting - and openly so - that you have changed for the better, and done your part in saving this planet. So, the answer is: I don't know. Was there an inherent difference between you and Nappa at the time? Were you less violent? Less cruel? If anything you were worse, just hiding it better. But you are the one who knew Nappa for many years before you both came to Earth. So, you tell me: might it have been possible for him to change in a similar manner as you?" "You're quite chatty today." "If that is your answer, then that tells me all I need to know. Feeling remorse all of a sudden? For killing your companion, one of the last of your kind?" "Should I?" "The question is not whether you should, but whether you do."