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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[thehangedrose]

[He lets out a huff at that, sounding slightly annoyed.]

It's better to be gentle than rough, honestly...and who says the world won't eventually be like that?

[hvic]

It won't. Human nature won't allow it.

[thehangedrose]

You think human nature is just bad in the first place, then?

[hvic]

It is fact. Have you not read your history books? Or taken a philosophy course?

[thehangedrose]

I have read a few...but history is not always bloody wars and expressions of hatred. There is good and happiness there, too.

[hvic]

When? Name one decade where there has not be a war.

[thehangedrose]

...

[OKAY you got him there, he'll just stare at the journal for a while with a frown that she definitely can't see.]

I mean...war is a natural part of life, but its not like we're fighting each other 24/7...

[hvic]

You're incorrect. There is always a war going on somewhere in the world.

[ She's enjoying this. It helps her cruel heart. ]