[ He sits and listens, thoughtful and uncertain. This -- being kind, helpful, it's so new and scary. If he screws up a plan as a villain, then, what does it hurt? No one but him and his pride. (and the occasional bystander, but he's pretty careful about that). ]
[ This is different. He isnt' adept enough to realize he's being lied to, not entirely, but he tries to be a good -- whatever he is, with what he knows. ]
Then you were compromised. I mean, the hotel did it, not you. I was here less than a month when it gave me a whole new personality, wife and children for a week.
That was a heck of a thing... but I only got myself killed.
[ His broken hand lifts, unconsciously reaching for the scar on his face, now visible with his watch in pieces back in his cabin. But he catches himself, scratches the back of his neck instead. ]
The hotel was just like the barge. Only worse. It doesn't try and make excuses about making people better, it just wanted people to hurt like the ghosts in it.
So it hurt you. And made you hurt another person. So it wasn't you. Don't-- beat yourself up over it.
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Date: 2012-11-24 12:05 am (UTC)[ This is different. He isnt' adept enough to realize he's being lied to, not entirely, but he tries to be a good -- whatever he is, with what he knows. ]
Then you were compromised. I mean, the hotel did it, not you. I was here less than a month when it gave me a whole new personality, wife and children for a week.
That was a heck of a thing... but I only got myself killed.
[ His broken hand lifts, unconsciously reaching for the scar on his face, now visible with his watch in pieces back in his cabin. But he catches himself, scratches the back of his neck instead. ]
The hotel was just like the barge. Only worse. It doesn't try and make excuses about making people better, it just wanted people to hurt like the ghosts in it.
So it hurt you. And made you hurt another person. So it wasn't you. Don't-- beat yourself up over it.