they're kind of just standing there talkin'

Yuji

I'll end this tonight, Mahito!

Yuji

You won't hurt anyone else!

Mahito

Hurt? I'm simply reshaping them, Itadori-kun.

Mahito

You sorcerers reshape the world through violence every day, don't you?

Yuji

We protect people from monsters like you!

Mahito

Such a simple perspective. Is that why you feel justified in your violence?

Mahito

(This should shake his foundations.)

Yuji

(What the hell...?)

Yuji

They're still alive... What have you done?!

Mahito

I've created an audience for our philosophical debate, Itadori-kun!

Mahito

Now, let's discuss the moral high ground you think you stand on.

Yuji

(I can't attack recklessly. Those people could die.)

Mahito

Humans slaughter each other for resources, power, ideology.

Mahito

They tortured and experimented on their own kind throughout history.

Mahito

How am I any different from the scientists who created atomic bombs?

Yuji

(The collateral damage from our battles... people we couldn't save... decisions to sacrifice few for many...)

Yuji

No... that's different. We try to minimize harm...

Yuji

But sometimes we've had to make choices...

Mahito

Your hands are as bloody as mine, Itadori-kun.

Mahito

Morality is just a human construct. We're all just doing what our nature dictates.

Yuji

(Is he right? What makes my violence justified and his wrong?)

Mahito

Feel it crumbling? Your moral foundation?

Mahito

When you realize there's no inherent meaning, you'll be free like me.

Yuji

(If there's no inherent meaning... then meaning comes from choice.)

Yuji

(Nanami once said... 'The act of choosing is what gives our actions weight...')

Yuji

You're right, Mahito. Humans have done terrible things.

Yuji

But the difference is choice. I choose to protect. You choose to destroy.

Yuji

And I'll prove it with my actions!

Yuji

(By channeling my energy inward, I can disrupt his soul manipulation and save them!)