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[expectremorse]

[ Post this conversation. Eddie's given Hoffman a lot to think about. First and Foremost.]

How many people on this boat are a victim of a crime? Not perpetrated, not committed, not falsely accused, not guilty none of that How many people have been hurt-by a criminal

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[darknessb4me]

You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn't been, here.

[expectremorse]

I'm gathering that. [especially from the way law enforcement is reacting to it, but.]

Were you?

[darknessb4me]

I was murdered. [Dismissive:] A lot of people here were. I don't consider myself a victim of anything.

[expectremorse]

...It's not about being a fucking victim. It's about how people are treated.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

What do you want to understand?

Re: [Private]

[expectremorse]

Justice. Just-

You were on the job. Are on the job.

Is it about the who for you? Or the why?

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

Both.

[Private]

[expectremorse]

So you need to have both. Crime's not "whodunit.".

Would you argue that, even if it can't be proved there is always a motive to a crime?

[private

[scarlet_discord]

Uh...yeah. [shaky handwriting.]

Hate crimes and a premeditated kidnapping.

[Private]

[expectremorse]

...Did you feel like Justice was done? Did you feel...resolved?

[Private]

[scarlet_discord]

No. The hate crimes are common against mutants in my world, and the kidnapping is too new and raw for me to, you know, have gotten to that point.

I believe in justice, though. I have seen people seek it and save the goddamn world. I helped them.

[Private]

[expectremorse]

...Where were you kidnapped?

[Private | Text]

[most_feared]

What are you having difficulty with?

[Private | Text]

[expectremorse]

...Lupin deserves better then "That issue's resolved."

He deserves better then that. The man deathtolled and all you were able to give him was "That's all there is?"..

Something feels off about this case to me. I can't put my finger on it.

[Private | Text]

[most_feared]

You might be right.

Lupin's not a warrior, and she didn't take his heart.

I don't know that she had something against vampires, but you can ask Dr. Jones.

He didn't do anything particularly offensive to any gods that I know of. I don't think he would have went out of his way to agitate her in the library.

If she wanted her warden's attention, it would have made more sense to kill someone that she was close to. Not someone that her husband disliked.

But, it's his case. I know not everyone agrees here, but there's always the "I don't want to press charges" reasoning you can't get around. How far it's looked into should be up to him, even if we think or know that the victim deserves better. They are the victim. We serve the victim.

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[expectremorse]

[Serve the victim. Right.]

You need to remind some people that you serve the victim then. I just...You're consulting him about this right?

[He hates being on the outside. hates it.]

There's a real cavalier attitude toward the death toll, toward dying here. But it's not the issue with the crime, it's just...the guy deserved better then that.

[sharpememory]

Do you mean hurt as in someone mugged me or hurt because I got into a fight with someone? The second one is still the same thing, but a different game completely.

[expectremorse]

Someone harmed you.

[sharpememory]

Yeah, but what if they had a good reason?

[expectremorse]

Had a good reason for mugging you.