Because if you say something like "I love all humans equally", it hits a little too close than I would like.
I don't believe in redeeming qualities, anyway. An awful action is an awful action regardless of what motivates it. The only reason I asked you that is because I wanted to see if you could even see yourself in a positive light at all.
I'm not such an unusual fellow, you know. My life may have gone... ah... a little extreme after a point. But at the heart of it I'm the most ordinary sort of person.
Hoh. Maybe not when they have to rip out the heart themselves. But when a king taxes the people into starvation, does he not enjoy his power? And are those who suffer not being tortured? When someone edges out the competition, even if it means crushing their spirits, don't they feel triumphant? When a soldier slays the enemy, isn't he proud?
No, I know it isn't quite the same, but it's the same sort of thing. I'm a worse person than most but my sins are still that of a human.
Humans aren't as bad as you think they are. A king who taxes people into starvation is no king at all. That sort of person is also a monster. A soldier slaying an enemy feels pride for protecting his country, not for killing someone else. Triumph doesn't necessarily mean enjoying the suffering of others, either.
It's easy enough for you to say he's no king at all, but that doesn't really mean anything, does it? You mean he's a bad king. A hated king, even. Which isn't even always true but the point is, he still has the power, the pleasure, his people still suffer. And I'm not convinced that having pleasure despite their suffering is much better.
Hahaha. And they might believe you. Unfortunately you can't save everyone. You see? If there was really a balance, then wouldn't there be enough kindness to make sure that no one freezes to death? But there isn't, is there? Some always fall through the cracks. Even though others who have more and do nothing cross their path every day. Probably, your highness far more often than you realize.
Who says I can't save everyone? If there isn't a way to do it then I'll find one no matter the cost. I'm too greedy to settle for half-hearted solutions.
Ah, did you want to hear praise? What a good fellow, out to take care of his own. How very kind. Sorry to disappoint you, but that's only one step above a coward. Everyone wants to take care of their own, and sacrifice everyone else's in the process. If I told you that destroying humanity was the key to the salvation of my family, would you stop fretting about it? Afterall, I'm just taking care of what's mine.
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... but I'm surprised, regardless.
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Because if you say something like "I love all humans equally", it hits a little too close than I would like.
I don't believe in redeeming qualities, anyway. An awful action is an awful action regardless of what motivates it. The only reason I asked you that is because I wanted to see if you could even see yourself in a positive light at all.
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But shut up anyway.
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No, I know it isn't quite the same, but it's the same sort of thing. I'm a worse person than most but my sins are still that of a human.
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Just because some humans are just as bad as you are doesn't mean it's normal.
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I'm not weak.
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Hahaha. And they might believe you. Unfortunately you can't save everyone. You see? If there was really a balance, then wouldn't there be enough kindness to make sure that no one freezes to death? But there isn't, is there? Some always fall through the cracks. Even though others who have more and do nothing cross their path every day. Probably, your highness far more often than you realize.
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What big talk from a fellow who casually condemns anyone but his beloved friends.
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If the price is everyone else's lives, I'm fine with that. It's not my place to care for them. Does this sort of talk work better for you?
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Ah, did you want to hear praise? What a good fellow, out to take care of his own. How very kind. Sorry to disappoint you, but that's only one step above a coward. Everyone wants to take care of their own, and sacrifice everyone else's in the process. If I told you that destroying humanity was the key to the salvation of my family, would you stop fretting about it? Afterall, I'm just taking care of what's mine.
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I would.
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