Henshin Stage NINE

[dynamic_may_lee]

... I told him not to hesitate. I guess... he really didn't.

I...

I hate this. I hate what this is implying. I hate that... that good people are being turned into "monsters". I hate...

I don't know if I can do this anymore. This is too much...

Comments

[ra_ra_razputin]

They're not being turned into monsters, they're being used by the real monsters.

[dynamic_may_lee]

Say that again and pretend there's a real difference a little better. Because it really doesn't matter.

[ra_ra_razputin]

They're not being turned into monsters, they're being used by the real monsters.

There.

You know how this town does stuff to people's heads. Once you're brainwashed you're reprogrammed into whatever they want you to be.

[dynamic_may_lee]

But you still do it.

[ra_ra_razputin]

You ever seen a puppet show?

[dynamic_may_lee]

If you have a point, make it. I don't need analogies.

[ra_ra_razputin]

Brainwashed people don't do stuff 'cause they want to, they do it because there's someone else yanking the strings.

If you can't see that, then, well, I dunno what to tell you.

[dynamic_may_lee]

You're the one not getting it! I know Alfred didn't want to! That doesn't change what happened, though! He still did it! Can you even imagine what it felt like for him? That sickening realization that not only did you kill someone, you killed someone PRECIOUS to you.

... I can't handle it.

[ra_ra_razputin]

I get it just fine! But it doesn't make him a monster for it. I don't wanna wake up tomorrow and find out I killed somebody, either. No, I can't imagine how that feels. It's gotta be like torture.

[dynamic_may_lee]

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