That's where he has to pause again, because... "I wouldn't do it if I thought it would make things worse," he admits, slowly but not exactly shamefully. After all-
"This kind of thing.... I don't want it to ever happen again." Slowly, almost so much so as to not be noticed until he's all the way there, he lets his head loll to the side. "Others who argued against it say that there's ways other than killing the source... Other solutions. But there's never something they can answer, and it's this: how can you be certain that they won't go after you again?"
And it's because that's not possible. At least, not without being just about as bad as death. People, whether a regular teenage murderer or a ghost from centuries past or someone who can see into multiple worlds, are all the same in that manner. You can't guarantee some one else's actions or feelings.
"Even if someone says to put them into prison, well... People can break out of those." Another shrug. They are steadily declining in effort and visibility. "I did."
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"This kind of thing.... I don't want it to ever happen again." Slowly, almost so much so as to not be noticed until he's all the way there, he lets his head loll to the side. "Others who argued against it say that there's ways other than killing the source... Other solutions. But there's never something they can answer, and it's this: how can you be certain that they won't go after you again?"
And it's because that's not possible. At least, not without being just about as bad as death. People, whether a regular teenage murderer or a ghost from centuries past or someone who can see into multiple worlds, are all the same in that manner. You can't guarantee some one else's actions or feelings.
"Even if someone says to put them into prison, well... People can break out of those." Another shrug. They are steadily declining in effort and visibility. "I did."