[Shadow sighs. He can't get super drunk, but his thoughts can still get... fuzzy. Hazy, around the edges]
I didn't phrase that correctly. I know why -- she got between them and their goal, which was capturing me. But it's the cruelty I don't understand. They could have just... taken her into custody. [scoff] And then they had the gall to call it an "accident".
[ Natsuno leans onto his palm, almost looking bored but his tone doesn't match. ]
Humans are capable of intense cruelty. I was one, and I remember. They're also fond of their excuses too. They hate having a guilty conscience as much as they hate accepting responsibility for their actions.
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Maybe they didn't understand, maybe they were scared, maybe they were selfish—humans come up with so many excuses.
Do you want to find the answer?
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I didn't phrase that correctly. I know why -- she got between them and their goal, which was capturing me. But it's the cruelty I don't understand. They could have just... taken her into custody. [scoff] And then they had the gall to call it an "accident".
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Humans are capable of intense cruelty. I was one, and I remember. They're also fond of their excuses too. They hate having a guilty conscience as much as they hate accepting responsibility for their actions.
They don't understand themselves.