[They are adamant there. It is indeed fruitless to argue; the wall has been thrown up, the baseline established, and they will not accept any alternative.]
You think you can ERASE my sins? [The words are low and steady, redolent of a latent, heavier meaning.] It was me inside there. I wasn't gone. You know that I wasn't, because you saw me.
I knew the risks. I've seen you meet yourself before. But I did it anyway.
[Poorly-rationalized at best. They hadn't expected that the thing they could turn into could be exceptionally lethal.]
If you want to take the blame for everything that happened, you'll have to try a little harder than that.
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[They are adamant there. It is indeed fruitless to argue; the wall has been thrown up, the baseline established, and they will not accept any alternative.]
You think you can ERASE my sins? [The words are low and steady, redolent of a latent, heavier meaning.] It was me inside there. I wasn't gone. You know that I wasn't, because you saw me.
I knew the risks. I've seen you meet yourself before. But I did it anyway.
[Poorly-rationalized at best. They hadn't expected that the thing they could turn into could be exceptionally lethal.]
If you want to take the blame for everything that happened, you'll have to try a little harder than that.