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[ladys_grace]

[A moment of silence before Grace starts to speak. She sounds more like she's talking to herself rather than trying to convey a message.]

Someone said... what was it... "monsters as people walk among you." And...and I've been thinking about it since then.

I mean, what makes a monster? How can you tell... when they don't have claws or sharp teeth or

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[keepyou_safe]

There is no simple answer to a question like that. Even people with the best of intentions can do monstrous things and believe they are completely justified in their actions.

[ladys_grace]

...so, as long as the intentions are good it's...better? Not as horrible?

[keepyou_safe]

No. If anything, that makes it worse. Some would argue with me I'm certain, that the needs of many outweigh the needs of a few...that morality exists in a gray area and there is no clear cut right and wrong.

To an extent, they would be right. But true monstrosity has no excuse. Neither good intentions nor a hard life...nothing.

Humans have to struggle with their basic instincts to be selfish animals...some might call it inherent evil. But choosing to step above that, that's what keeps us from becoming monsters.

it took her a while to get through that.

[ladys_grace]

...I think I understand what you mean.

What counts as... 'true monstrosity' then?

sry he got kind of tl;dr there

[keepyou_safe]

You're not afraid of the difficult questions at all, are you.

Petty selfishness taken to an extreme...to give a general answer.

she has the mind of a 13 year old, it doesn't take much

[ladys_grace]

...sometimes you have to ask difficult questions to get the answers you need.

Hm. I understand. Thank you very much, you've been a big help.

[keepyou_safe]

That's very true. Every so often, it's good to be asked them again. Just as a reminder...

I'm glad I was able to help.