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[he just lets out a low scoff, looking away.
he's not ashamed of what he's done—why do them in the first place, if he was going to regret them?—but in moments like these, it almost stings, as a reminder of the life that never was.]
Are you asking that because you expect an actual reason?
he's not ashamed of what he's done—why do them in the first place, if he was going to regret them?—but in moments like these, it almost stings, as a reminder of the life that never was.]
Are you asking that because you expect an actual reason?
[ . . . . . . . .
he takes a second to respond, letting his head bow back down into his arms, hiding his expression for a second. it's hard.]
.... I don't know.
[his hand balls into a fist - and then relaxes.]
.... it's not like I haven't hurt people too. Gotten them killed indirectly, maybe.
[ . . . ]
I can't say it's okay, but it's... not like there's anyone here who's never hurt anybody else.
he takes a second to respond, letting his head bow back down into his arms, hiding his expression for a second. it's hard.]
.... I don't know.
[his hand balls into a fist - and then relaxes.]
.... it's not like I haven't hurt people too. Gotten them killed indirectly, maybe.
[ . . . ]
I can't say it's okay, but it's... not like there's anyone here who's never hurt anybody else.
[a snort.]
Yeah, this isn't me getting people killed out of carelessness or shooting someone who deserved it or whatever.
[ares may have had his grand cause he believed in, but past the propaganda, white wasn't that ambitious. deluded?]
You asked before if I lived in a dangerous neighbourhood. Yeah, 'cause we were the danger. We were a bunch of murderers who prettied it up with what amounted to a fucking cult, even if our god is real.
Still think I'm "fine however I am"?
Yeah, this isn't me getting people killed out of carelessness or shooting someone who deserved it or whatever.
[ares may have had his grand cause he believed in, but past the propaganda, white wasn't that ambitious. deluded?]
You asked before if I lived in a dangerous neighbourhood. Yeah, 'cause we were the danger. We were a bunch of murderers who prettied it up with what amounted to a fucking cult, even if our god is real.
Still think I'm "fine however I am"?
[ . . .
no.
and that's the thing - no, mineo's not going to be okay with a cult. it's obvious in the angry line of his shoulders, stiff and stubborn. his sense of justice is lost and wandering, but it reminds him so firmly of something that he can't just accept that he wants to fight it.
but.
but.]
... why're you talking in past tense?
no.
and that's the thing - no, mineo's not going to be okay with a cult. it's obvious in the angry line of his shoulders, stiff and stubborn. his sense of justice is lost and wandering, but it reminds him so firmly of something that he can't just accept that he wants to fight it.
but.
but.]
... why're you talking in past tense?
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