[Practice combat magic on each other? David winced.]
We had two guys in my classes who could do fire. It was never fun getting burned, I'll give you that. I'm just glad I never had to deal with scars from it all.
[Oh dear, what a question... It makes David freeze.]
I wish I could say that I was always a protect the weak person. But... Some of my people try the first path, some the second. I've seen enough in my short years to think there's arguments for both. I've watched vengeance tear people apart, and I've seen it heal. Hell, I-
[His hands shake a little on his cup and he puts it down. Recent traumas were recent.]
Some people don't get better. They don't want to get better. They will lash out, every time. They will attack you and hurt you and the people you love. So while I want to protect others, and while that's what I mostly live by, sometimes the only choice you have is to put down the rabid animal that has lashed out time and time again.
[That of course got a sigh from him.]
IF you ever meet a woman named Jean Grey, don't tell her I said that. We have our own nation now, people like me. It's illegal for us to kill humans. But I think, sometimes... Someone people need stopped.
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We had two guys in my classes who could do fire. It was never fun getting burned, I'll give you that. I'm just glad I never had to deal with scars from it all.
[Oh dear, what a question... It makes David freeze.]
I wish I could say that I was always a protect the weak person. But... Some of my people try the first path, some the second. I've seen enough in my short years to think there's arguments for both. I've watched vengeance tear people apart, and I've seen it heal. Hell, I-
[His hands shake a little on his cup and he puts it down. Recent traumas were recent.]
Some people don't get better. They don't want to get better. They will lash out, every time. They will attack you and hurt you and the people you love. So while I want to protect others, and while that's what I mostly live by, sometimes the only choice you have is to put down the rabid animal that has lashed out time and time again.
[That of course got a sigh from him.]
IF you ever meet a woman named Jean Grey, don't tell her I said that. We have our own nation now, people like me. It's illegal for us to kill humans. But I think, sometimes... Someone people need stopped.