[He'd rather not think about it, but it's hard to forget what he'd seen and the snippets of things he had managed to hear before everything just became too much. That lake of blood, all those bodies...
That unsettling feeling in his gut twists again, making Donnie draw up his knees to hug his arms around.]
He made a bad decision. An extremely bad decision, but I think he...he was desperate. [Desperation makes people do crazy things.] I'm not saying it's okay or right... And he's definitely got some issues, but...he's not a completely bad person.
[Sure, he looked about ready to turn Donnie inside out when his choker device had accidentally been disrupted, but Donnie could justify that reaction, terrifying as it was to realize.]
He tried to change, but...something happened and now he's just condemning himself. It's like he's convinced himself that he can't possibly be anything more than what he's become.
[Donnie raises his head enough to look over his arms at Leo.]
I think he's still trying though. Maybe subconsciously. To be better. I mean...he helped me get to you. Kind of. And he could've just passed off his teleporter and left but he didn't. Even the information about the recycling center... He didn't have to do any of that.
I know it doesn't make anything go away, it won't change what he's done...but I don't think we should just...turn our back on him because of all that.
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[He'd rather not think about it, but it's hard to forget what he'd seen and the snippets of things he had managed to hear before everything just became too much. That lake of blood, all those bodies...
That unsettling feeling in his gut twists again, making Donnie draw up his knees to hug his arms around.]
He made a bad decision. An extremely bad decision, but I think he...he was desperate. [Desperation makes people do crazy things.] I'm not saying it's okay or right... And he's definitely got some issues, but...he's not a completely bad person.
[Sure, he looked about ready to turn Donnie inside out when his choker device had accidentally been disrupted, but Donnie could justify that reaction, terrifying as it was to realize.]
He tried to change, but...something happened and now he's just condemning himself. It's like he's convinced himself that he can't possibly be anything more than what he's become.
[Donnie raises his head enough to look over his arms at Leo.]
I think he's still trying though. Maybe subconsciously. To be better. I mean...he helped me get to you. Kind of. And he could've just passed off his teleporter and left but he didn't. Even the information about the recycling center... He didn't have to do any of that.
I know it doesn't make anything go away, it won't change what he's done...but I don't think we should just...turn our back on him because of all that.