The Psychopath is [ IN ]

[worser_angel]

[it's a fine November afternoon, and outside the hospital there's an attractive redhead who seems to have set up shop. She's seated behind a table with another chair in front of it, just waiting for someone to sit down for a chat. The placard on the table reads 'Dominique Destine - M.R.C.', and there's a big box on the table that says 'Grievances

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[acivilservant]

...Not a lot, really. I feel like my problems don't haunt me as much, now.

[worser_angel]

Why is that, if I may ask?

[acivilservant]

Huh? Oh, well... I had a lot of time to think about it, and a really good example to learn from. There's a lot more important things than just clinging to the past... it just took me a while to figure that out.

[worser_angel]

Is that so...

For instance?

[acivilservant]

For instance, what's more important, you mean?

[worser_angel]

Yes.

[acivilservant]

Living life, moving forward. I can't really expect to grow as a person, if I let myself be shackled down by the past.

[worser_angel]

I take it your past wasn't easy to let go of?

[acivilservant]

Yeah. Revenge was a pretty big part of my life, for a lot of years.

[worser_angel]

Revenge? For what?

[acivilservant]

It's... not really the sort of thing I'd normally share, on a first meeting like this, but I guess you are a doctor.

...When I was five, the island where I lived was invaded, and my entire family was killed. I spent a lot of time, planning the revenge I'd take on the man responsible.

I was just a kid, though. It was the only way I could really cope with all my anger and my grief. It... probably wasn't exactly healthy.

[worser_angel]

...Did you ever find him?

[acivilservant]

...I, uh... I might have sort of spent 13 years living in his house as a servant.

[worser_angel]

All for the sake of revenge?

[acivilservant]

........Yeah.

[worser_angel]

...And did you take it?