The alternative is looking at people as disposable.
[ just like his father did. like an anthropomorphized piece of pork on a plate. like nothing. ] Or perhaps as stepping stones to a larger ambition. Or, being so self-centered as to believe that my own idea of what's just and right in the world locks out the experiences and pain of others.
I refuse to be that way. [ even if he acts like it, sometimes. fei du's bad behavior, his sometimes cruel or cavalier attitude, the way he talks - everything he does is a lie. he pretends to play with the big boys and the monsters, but in reality, he's like this, so desperately trying to protect others, so stubbornly set in being better than what fei chengyu tried to make him be, that he'd tear himself to shreds to do it. ]
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The alternative is looking at people as disposable.
[ just like his father did. like an anthropomorphized piece of pork on a plate. like nothing. ] Or perhaps as stepping stones to a larger ambition. Or, being so self-centered as to believe that my own idea of what's just and right in the world locks out the experiences and pain of others.
I refuse to be that way. [ even if he acts like it, sometimes. fei du's bad behavior, his sometimes cruel or cavalier attitude, the way he talks - everything he does is a lie. he pretends to play with the big boys and the monsters, but in reality, he's like this, so desperately trying to protect others, so stubbornly set in being better than what fei chengyu tried to make him be, that he'd tear himself to shreds to do it. ]