24 ⚜ Anonymous Text / CW: abuse mentions

[restingstitchface]

Whether a man is a criminal or a hero is a matter of perspective.

But if you don't want to play your role anymore, and are removed from your motivation for being who you are, what do you do? Do you seek redemption and rehabilitation and transform as an individual, or do you repeat negative behavior? How much do you believe people change only because they are imPorted? In short, do you believe people can change?

If I had anybody willing to discuss this in private with me, I assure you, I'd not be raising the issue publically.

Thank you in advance.

Comments

[arsiento]

Nah, I wouldn't call it criminal. [ And didn't, either. ] Most of the time it can even be pretty natural. Justified, I mean.

[restingstitchface]

Justified because why? Justification differs from one person to the next. What justifies it to you?

[He knows the answer, or so he believes, but having it in Diablo's own words? Well, that's just good knowledge.]

[arsiento]

[ Diablo considers his answer-- not because he doesn't know it, but because simplicity here is better. And wiser. ]

Experience. [ Which can mean quite a few things, unclarified. ] And what about you?

[restingstitchface]

Patterns of human behavior.

[Which can include personal behavior, personal experience, but they're being beautifully simple.]

I am a firm believer in taking action before it becomes necessary. If an individual's motivation towards me is hostile, it makes sense to take action before events come to a head.

[arsiento]

If it is hostile, or if you just decide it's hostile?

[ A subtle but significant distinction. Then, with casual curiosity: ]

Like what kind of action?

[restingstitchface]

[There's no answer to the first question. The implication his judgment is less than sound doesn't deserve an answer, honestly. So he bats it away in favor of answering the second.]

Whatever is possible at the time, according to need. Whatever is necessary. [He narrows his eyes, curiously.] Are you always this inquisitive?