Maybe not right this moment, but there will be. I'm not about to stop believing that. What we've talked about. [ But a pause. ] What do you mean you kept your mind?
It was the last trial. I wish it had been sooner so this didn't have to happen.
As in, they didn't worm their way into my head and force me, 'cuz I chose not to let it get to that point. Killing's what comes naturally to me, it's the rest that's... abnormal. Much as I might wish it wasn't.
[He makes a sound that's halfway between a sigh and a scoff.]
You know, I learned that before the murder. "Congrats, you're nearly to the finish line! We're going to trip you over and put a bullet in your head before you make it, though."
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There's no point in fighting them, is there? Not when they've got you by the throat like that. I already knew that. At least I kept my mind.
[He shrugs.]
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It was the last trial. I wish it had been sooner so this didn't have to happen.
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[He makes a sound that's halfway between a sigh and a scoff.]
You know, I learned that before the murder. "Congrats, you're nearly to the finish line! We're going to trip you over and put a bullet in your head before you make it, though."
It is what it is. This outcome was inevitable.
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If you were just the monster you said you were, you would have done this a long time ago.