Are you suggesting that the reasons we've been given to kill each other don't matter?

[ This makes Howl laugh, maybe a little bit too genuinely. This guy can't be serious. Or maybe he's just that naive. ]

Wars go on without my participation all the time. Quite intentionally. I vastly prefer it that way, whether Yima is a beautiful woman or not.

[ Peering at the stranger more closely, he tips his head. ] Does it not bother you? Truly? You're intent to go along with it, regardless of proof?