I think you might have mentioned it once, but I assumed you were cursed... I was on about hacking up people while on cocaine binges myself or something, I think, so I took it with a grain of salt.
I suppose it is. But it's not really much of a step, is it?
I mean, I know I've killed people. The difficult part is caring about it- caring about the act itself and the people I've hurt more than the shiny new abilities that killing them had got me. And in a couple cases, I can, but beyond that...
Do you really think it should? If I kill anyway, it really doesn't matter, does it? Quitting an addiction to murder really has to be a cold turkey sort of thing.
Yes, exactly. I just wish I trusted anyone else's.
No, but trying to care is better than not caring if you care? You won't change if you don't really want to change, no matter the external pressure. I mean, actually stopping killing people is a necessity, too... I don't think they really make a twelve-step for homicide.
That I can't help with.. Given the general insanity of this place it might not be the best setting to find a moral yardstick. I think "killing is bad and not killing is good" might be the best you can do. Are you less... tempted to?
From a legal standpoint, at least, I think that counts as a variation of self-defense. From a moral standpoint it's frowned on, but forgivable as long as you don't enjoy it.
It's a start, I guess. Out of professional morbid curiosity, how many people have you killed?
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If you don't mind me asking, what is it you're trying to reform from?
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Oh, didn't I tell you? I was a serial killer.
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I think you might have mentioned it once, but I assumed you were cursed... I was on about hacking up people while on cocaine binges myself or something, I think, so I took it with a grain of salt.
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Ah. No, I wasn't lying about that. I have a special ability that apparently made me homicidal.
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Ah... Interesting... Well, the first step in recovering is admitting you have a problem, right?
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I mean, I know I've killed people. The difficult part is caring about it- caring about the act itself and the people I've hurt more than the shiny new abilities that killing them had got me. And in a couple cases, I can, but beyond that...
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I can understand why you'd want an objective standard to measure by, at least, under those circumstances. Why you'd doubt your judgment.
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Yes, exactly. I just wish I trusted anyone else's.
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That I can't help with..
Given the general insanity of this place it might not be the best setting to find a moral yardstick. I think "killing is bad and not killing is good" might be the best you can do. Are you less... tempted to?
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You're probably right, but what if I have to, anyway? To protect someone else? Is that bad or good?
I have more incentive not to kill people, if that counts as being less tempted.
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It's a start, I guess. Out of professional morbid curiosity, how many people have you killed?
You don't have to answer if you'd prefer not to.
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I've killed somewhere around 30 people, not including collateral damage.
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That's a long-standing habit to have to break, then.
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