"There are those who have taken great pride in murdering the innocent, firmly believing them not to even be people. They have no regard even for others of their own kind, to say nothing of those of another's, believing themselves to be the only beings of any value, completely unable to comprehend that other beings' pains, their needs, their lives, could be legitimate and ought to be cared about at all.
"Those... those are monsters. They have no capacity for kindness... no respect for right and wrong as others understand it. A great many of those monsters I have crossed paths with even enjoyed others' distress, because they could not liken it to their own."
He turned a little, to look at him a bit more easily again. "By your own admission, you are no monster. And you intend to learn from your mistakes and do far better going forward, do you not?"
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Date: 2024-05-27 09:33 am (UTC)"Those... those are monsters. They have no capacity for kindness... no respect for right and wrong as others understand it. A great many of those monsters I have crossed paths with even enjoyed others' distress, because they could not liken it to their own."
He turned a little, to look at him a bit more easily again. "By your own admission, you are no monster. And you intend to learn from your mistakes and do far better going forward, do you not?"