And this has... Stopped being a philosophical matter. We aren't talking anymore about what Aboresh did with me, or Calidar did to Flood-- this isn't about Mastermind right now, not in the narrowest scope, it isn't about the Hecatomb or Ruin.
It's about Dillon. And those who have powers like him. It's about you, and Iris, and us--just me, if you like, you can say I'm being selfish-- saying choose death over that kind of obscenity if you must. Choose to break our bodies to defend yourself before you unmake it. Don't-- don't talk about how much better and how humane it is, don't tell me it's right . Don't widen your eyes and ask why I'm so angry that a man is alive not dead as if I'm advocating casual murder.
It is right to choose not to kill, mostly, but this speech about life and goodness and hope coming now feels like a blanket thrown over a corpse, a way to disguise that there are things worse than death and they are real and present and terrifying the way they weren't yesterday.
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And this has... Stopped being a philosophical matter. We aren't talking anymore about what Aboresh did with me, or Calidar did to Flood-- this isn't about Mastermind right now, not in the narrowest scope, it isn't about the Hecatomb or Ruin.
It's about Dillon. And those who have powers like him. It's about you, and Iris, and us--just me, if you like, you can say I'm being selfish-- saying choose death over that kind of obscenity if you must. Choose to break our bodies to defend yourself before you unmake it. Don't-- don't talk about how much better and how humane it is, don't tell me it's right . Don't widen your eyes and ask why I'm so angry that a man is alive not dead as if I'm advocating casual murder.
It is right to choose not to kill, mostly, but this speech about life and goodness and hope coming now feels like a blanket thrown over a corpse, a way to disguise that there are things worse than death and they are real and present and terrifying the way they weren't yesterday.