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?

Comments

[thehangedrose]

Yes, I was. A little girl...

[But the person in question was a little girl too, so it's quite confusing as to what he has to feel about this, really.]

If the person in question wasn't human...does that make you more justified to destroy them, or less so? Because they don't follow everything that humans are...

[asseenontv]

Neither, I think. If they cannot comprehend your reasons for protecting yourself and others - your honor - at all, they still must be stopped regardless. But it doesn't make them inherently better or worse.

[thehangedrose]

Hmm. Perhaps...I can agree with a lot you're saying. I mean, I did protect the person I was with, and even though I had to sacrifice a life to do it...I'm glad I did so.

Even though that kind of hurts to admit, I'm glad.

[asseenontv]

Good. And emotions are difficult to deal with. I have found that it's possible to feel more than one way about the same thing.

[thehangedrose]

That is very true! I tend to have lots of different feelings over several things, but I never know which one is the right one to feel at that moment, heh.

[asseenontv]

I frequently find myself with that problem. Usually I end up asking someone.

[thehangedrose]

I guess you could...but then again, it's not like anyone completely understand what you are going through.

[asseenontv]

No. But it helps.