Well, I'm familiar with the concept. It's known as a "singularity." I don't have personal experience with one, but I'm familiar enough with the theory to guess what would happen.
[ And well, Dazai wouldn't say it if he weren't confident. That's how it would work in his world, at least. ]
... Think about it. Let's say that you have an ability that allows you to see a short time into the future. Now, what if that person were to go against another person with a similar ability.
[ It's more of a coincidence that he uses the sort of Ability that Odasaku has than any effort to conceal it; time paradoxes are both a staple and simple to understand, after all. Besides, he'd rather not use his friend as an example for anything so clinical.
Dazai gives a moment for that question to sink in, ]
They could wind up in an endless loop of adjusting to accommodate for the future that they see. One aims, the other moves to dodge; adjust aim to hit, adjust position to dodge, ad infinitum.
[ That's what would make Odasaku so useful against Mimic, a group whose leader does have precognition but... Well, in truth, Dazai would rather not have him involved in that matter any more than he already has been. Exterminating pests is his job, not that of a mafioso who doesn't kill. That's the way it's always been and that's the way it will stay. ]
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[ And well, Dazai wouldn't say it if he weren't confident. That's how it would work in his world, at least. ]
... Think about it. Let's say that you have an ability that allows you to see a short time into the future. Now, what if that person were to go against another person with a similar ability.
[ It's more of a coincidence that he uses the sort of Ability that Odasaku has than any effort to conceal it; time paradoxes are both a staple and simple to understand, after all. Besides, he'd rather not use his friend as an example for anything so clinical.
Dazai gives a moment for that question to sink in, ]
They could wind up in an endless loop of adjusting to accommodate for the future that they see. One aims, the other moves to dodge; adjust aim to hit, adjust position to dodge, ad infinitum.
[ That's what would make Odasaku so useful against Mimic, a group whose leader does have precognition but... Well, in truth, Dazai would rather not have him involved in that matter any more than he already has been. Exterminating pests is his job, not that of a mafioso who doesn't kill. That's the way it's always been and that's the way it will stay. ]