It makes me a bit sad, at times, how much faith I've lost in the world around me. But it's the way I was raised and trained, and it can be very hard to change one's outlook after that long invested in a certain mindset.
The past few years, I have been doing my best, though. And that does very much include accountability. If we're going to do this, all of this, then you're absolutely right. There is responsibility there, too. Especially when you've seen the worst and really understand the sort of evil that can come of it.
[He's a little more experienced with that part than he wishes, but on the other hand, it does make him particularly well-equipped to fight *against* it. That's something. It has to be, because he clings very heavily to it.]
I'm still getting used to the idea of friends, to be honest. People that I can trust. In my previous situation, I was surrounded by a very cutthroat atmosphere, people that manipulated others on a regular basis, and that was...difficult.
I've been lucky since then, to be able to make more sincere connections and work with people that will actually have my back. It's one good thing that's come of Gloucester, for sure.
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The past few years, I have been doing my best, though. And that does very much include accountability. If we're going to do this, all of this, then you're absolutely right. There is responsibility there, too. Especially when you've seen the worst and really understand the sort of evil that can come of it.
[He's a little more experienced with that part than he wishes, but on the other hand, it does make him particularly well-equipped to fight *against* it. That's something. It has to be, because he clings very heavily to it.]
I'm still getting used to the idea of friends, to be honest. People that I can trust. In my previous situation, I was surrounded by a very cutthroat atmosphere, people that manipulated others on a regular basis, and that was...difficult.
I've been lucky since then, to be able to make more sincere connections and work with people that will actually have my back. It's one good thing that's come of Gloucester, for sure.