You feel bad about it. I know you do, because I felt it at the trial. You already know what you did was wrong, so you're not gonna do it again. Me blowing up at you wouldn't change anything but make it even worse.
[ He falls silent, looking at the hands dangling from his lap, deep in thought...before he makes a decision. He sighs. ]
I spent...a very long time being brainwashed myself. Alright? I'd just...get my brain scrambled until I didn't even know I was doing something I wouldn't want to do. Over and over, for decades.
The people who did that to me? They never learned. They never saw anything wrong with it. And they'd do it again--hell, I know they have. I'm angry at them, and people like them, and everything I do now is about stopping them by any means necessary. Because they deserve it, and if I don't, they'll just keep doing it.
But you? You made a mistake, but you learned from it. If I chewed you out for that, I'd be nothing but a hypocrite.
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heartablaze) wrote2020-09-14 09:59 pm
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is it what you think i deserve to hear
because if thats the case i think you deserve a chance to speak
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Then listen up.
You feel bad about it. I know you do, because I felt it at the trial. You already know what you did was wrong, so you're not gonna do it again. Me blowing up at you wouldn't change anything but make it even worse.
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I spent...a very long time being brainwashed myself. Alright? I'd just...get my brain scrambled until I didn't even know I was doing something I wouldn't want to do. Over and over, for decades.
The people who did that to me? They never learned. They never saw anything wrong with it. And they'd do it again--hell, I know they have. I'm angry at them, and people like them, and everything I do now is about stopping them by any means necessary. Because they deserve it, and if I don't, they'll just keep doing it.
But you? You made a mistake, but you learned from it. If I chewed you out for that, I'd be nothing but a hypocrite.