Ma'am - Mom... I am not entirely sure there is any adult out there who does not make me even a little uncomfortable.
[There's no adult out there who doesn't have the power to do the exact same to them. Shepard could easily be doing it, too. Playing all agreeable and nice until she knows she's got Chara's guard down. Waiting to punish them when she knows they'll really learn from it. Toriel could do it. The moment a child disobeys, won't go to their room, they get a fistful of hurled flame. They get told to leave and never come back. They say a human with a hopeful light in their eyes reminds them of someone, but they also only want to see their wife and son.]
I don't... know if I like him or not. I'm very rarely certain whether I can truly, selflessly care about people, or if I have simply grown so good at manipulation that I've even fooled myself into thinking I'm not just being parasitic. I cannot understand my own feelings at all.
[Maybe they don't have enough SOUL left to really care about people. Maybe at LV8, all they can do is hate or feel apathetic, and nothing else.]
But I think I have to see if he can prove me wrong. I think I have to see if... if people can change, if they only try, or if that's... if it's just what we all grow up to be.
At what point, after all, does someone stop deserving second chances?
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[There's no adult out there who doesn't have the power to do the exact same to them. Shepard could easily be doing it, too. Playing all agreeable and nice until she knows she's got Chara's guard down. Waiting to punish them when she knows they'll really learn from it. Toriel could do it. The moment a child disobeys, won't go to their room, they get a fistful of hurled flame. They get told to leave and never come back. They say a human with a hopeful light in their eyes reminds them of someone, but they also only want to see their wife and son.]
I don't... know if I like him or not. I'm very rarely certain whether I can truly, selflessly care about people, or if I have simply grown so good at manipulation that I've even fooled myself into thinking I'm not just being parasitic. I cannot understand my own feelings at all.
[Maybe they don't have enough SOUL left to really care about people. Maybe at LV8, all they can do is hate or feel apathetic, and nothing else.]
But I think I have to see if he can prove me wrong. I think I have to see if... if people can change, if they only try, or if that's... if it's just what we all grow up to be.
At what point, after all, does someone stop deserving second chances?