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[uri9158]

I have no idea how someone with media literacy could walk away from Disco Elysium and not connect "being a cop rots people's brains" to "Kim Kitsuragi is a cop." The dots are there even if they're delivered with humor, like in the scene where Harry and Kim talk to Acele on the ice.

1. KIM KITSURAGI – "Yeah, man..." The lieutenant suddenly appears to your right with his collar popped *insanely* high.

   KIM KITSURAGI – "Got any dope? We need some dope bad." He scratches his nose, then his armpit through the jacket. "I got the *Boogie Street* shakes."

   DRAMA [Medium: Success] – He's really shaking and everything!

   YOU – "Um... Kim? What are you doing?"

   KIM KITSURAGI – "Tryin'a score some *dope*, man. Like we planned. Tryin'a score some smack -- you got any?" He hops from one foot to the other in anticipation.

Its incredibly obvious that Kim has used a tactic similar to this to get people arrested as a juvenile officer. Its a side of Kim the player and Harry haven't seen before. Or maybe even thought about. I think its an important side that fans seem to forget whenever they talk about Kim. I can understand why people forget. Some of the text used to introduce Kim is literally something along the lines of, "if the whole world descended upon you, this man man would hurl himself in death's way to save you, but why?" How can you not go insane over that? It is very hard not to like Kim, especially when we're playing from the viewpoint of Harry. Its important to remember that Kim is a flawed human being and not a deity. Don't be like Harry.