He took a moment to eat more of his burger as he decided how to respond.
"The Alliance, yes. The Society is more complicated. It comes down to their primary guiding principles.
"The Alliance believes in using their confluence-given powers for the sake of others: to protect the world and so on. They do their best to smooth things over, but one of their methods is promoting its members as celebrities. As a result, it will get recruits who are more interested in self-promotion than actually assisting others.
"The Society believes that one should use their powers for their own gain first and foremost. They run a program to help keep young Metas from becoming 'villains'..." He raised a hand to indicate the air quotes. "...but honestly the resources they provide their members are just as easily used against others. Though they do try to keep their members from starting another apocalyptic event."
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He took a moment to eat more of his burger as he decided how to respond.
"The Alliance, yes. The Society is more complicated. It comes down to their primary guiding principles.
"The Alliance believes in using their confluence-given powers for the sake of others: to protect the world and so on. They do their best to smooth things over, but one of their methods is promoting its members as celebrities. As a result, it will get recruits who are more interested in self-promotion than actually assisting others.
"The Society believes that one should use their powers for their own gain first and foremost. They run a program to help keep young Metas from becoming 'villains'..." He raised a hand to indicate the air quotes. "...but honestly the resources they provide their members are just as easily used against others. Though they do try to keep their members from starting another apocalyptic event."
The guilds were messy and complicated like that.