11 July (Monday) 11:42 PM (alone at the park)
Kenshin writes on a blank page, in a book no one has read...
"'In life, we are either kings or pawns.'
"So said Napoleon, one of the kings. So, in life, which am I? I cannot say I'm a pawn, because I have battles to fight, and I have made mistakes of war, yet neither am I a King, for I fight my own battles, rather than sending others to fight for me. So, in life, which am I?
"I have met a man who could only be described as a King. A man who controls people by sheer force. A man who has used his power to cause pain and suffering. I chose to battle him, in the realm of Kings. A war, so to speak. In this war, I discovered power I didn't know I had. I used this power to cause pain and suffering. An eye for an eye...
"Napoleon was considered by many to be a hero, and to others he was a villain. In my war, I fought a person I considered to be a villain, and in so doing, became a villain myself. I won the war, but my victory was hollow...
"Napoleon was wrong. Life is not so black and white. I refuse to be anyone's pawn, yet I choose not to be a King. Good and evil is relative. To some, my enemy is a hero. I realize now that my 'enemy' is human, and no better or worse than me, nor anyone else for that matter..."
"'In life, we are either kings or pawns.'
"So said Napoleon, one of the kings. So, in life, which am I? I cannot say I'm a pawn, because I have battles to fight, and I have made mistakes of war, yet neither am I a King, for I fight my own battles, rather than sending others to fight for me. So, in life, which am I?
"I have met a man who could only be described as a King. A man who controls people by sheer force. A man who has used his power to cause pain and suffering. I chose to battle him, in the realm of Kings. A war, so to speak. In this war, I discovered power I didn't know I had. I used this power to cause pain and suffering. An eye for an eye...
"Napoleon was considered by many to be a hero, and to others he was a villain. In my war, I fought a person I considered to be a villain, and in so doing, became a villain myself. I won the war, but my victory was hollow...
"Napoleon was wrong. Life is not so black and white. I refuse to be anyone's pawn, yet I choose not to be a King. Good and evil is relative. To some, my enemy is a hero. I realize now that my 'enemy' is human, and no better or worse than me, nor anyone else for that matter..."