three paintings burned

[thehangedrose]

[If you ever went back in time and told Garry that one day, he would be partly responsible for someone's death, he would probably feel disgusted that you could say such a thing about him.]

[But after the events that happened in the gallery, that's now a brutal truth. He was responsible for a death. Not a death of an actual person, but still, a death nevertheless.]

[He had tried to forget about it, trying to convince himself that what he had did was necessary- after all, hadn't Mary wanted to kill him and Ib, or, at the very least, hurt them to the point where they could never escape? It was self-defense, that's all. But the image of her burning up like a piece of paper can never quite leave his mind. And then that book they found in her room...."How to Make Friends"...she was just a kid, a painting child who didn't know how the human world went around things.]

[She was just lonely....but then the image of that palette knife in her hand, aimed at his chest and quite ready to taste blood, returns to his mind.]

[He feels utterly conflicted about the whole thing. Which is why he finally clears his throat and asks a question that has been sitting in his head for quite a while:]

...

If you had to destroy someone because they tried to kill you and the people you care about, would...would that make you a bad person?

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[imalwaysright]

[He thinks about saying it. But... when it comes to this kind of stuff, it's better not to. At least for him.]

It wouldn't.

dictated

[thehangedrose]

But isn't hurting someone else like that a bad thing to do...?

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[imalwaysright]

They tried to kill the people you cared about.

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[thehangedrose]

True. True, but...

[Oh gosh, how does he even talk about this. Have a mumble.]

But she was only a young girl...

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[imalwaysright]

It doesn't matter who they are if they're dangerous like that.

[The level of remorse Stiles has for people who try to hurt his loved ones? It's zero.]

dictated

[thehangedrose]

[Admitting that for a gentle guy like Garry is quite hard, to say the least.]

So...I made the right decision? Destroying her so I and my friend could live...?

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[imalwaysright]

I'd do the same.

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[thehangedrose]

Have you ever done it before? You seem really sure about it...

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[imalwaysright]

I've had experience.

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[thehangedrose]

[OH WOW STILES you and Garry share something in common here- they both lit people on fire.]

[And that does make Garry let out a little gasp, though it's more out of "I did that too" feeling rather than shock.]

Oh! Oh. That's...

[And he really wants to say about what he did but then holds himself back, afraid of revealing too much.]

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[imalwaysright]

[let's go with that first tag!]

... Yeah.

[Granted, Stiles didn't manage to kill the Alpha. That honor goes to Derek's claws.]

dictated sdfghgfdsdfghj i'm sorry I WAS TOO FAST... >>

[thehangedrose]

Was it...hard? To do, I mean.

Forever Written asdlfkjd it's okay!

[imalwaysright]

[also WHOOPS. All of Stiles' tags should have been written.]

No. [Not when he mauled Lydia. Not when he bit Scott. And not when he killed his nurse.

Everything the Alpha did lead up to his death.]

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[thehangedrose]

No...?

Well, I guess if it was to really protect your friends, then...I could see how it wasn't.

[imalwaysright]

If somebody tries to kill the people important to you- if they try to kill people- they need to be stopped.

And if death is the only option? Take it.

[thehangedrose]

That seems a bit harsh, but...I can see your point.

[Man, this morality thing was hard to think about. And here he wanted to live life to the fullest and see everything in a positive way.]

[imalwaysright]

Ideally you should look up other ways of stopping them.

But sometimes it's the only option.

[thehangedrose]

Where does one look up stuff like that, though? It's not like I had experience with that sort of stuff before...

[imalwaysright]

Depends on how they're dangerous.

[thehangedrose]

There are different kinds of dangerous? What, like "I'd rather hurt you" to "I'd rather kill you", that sort of thing...?

[imalwaysright]

If they know what they're doing, or if they're being controlled.

[thehangedrose]

Oh. Well, in this case, the person in question definitely wasn't being controlled...

If she was, then it would've gone much differently, I bet.

[imalwaysright]

Then it's better to stop them fast.

[thehangedrose]

Yeah...

You know what I feel bad about, though? That I didn't notice it earlier. She seemed alright when we first met...and then everything went downhill after that...

[imalwaysright]

Sometimes you can't tell until they start going crazy.