Fair enough. I'm a wizard. We're a callous lot, by and large. And our focus is on understanding how it all works.
[She doesn't understand, but she's past the point of demanding that people see things her way. At least he's not jumping down her throat like Keith and Ren did.]
The Avatars we don't attempt to reason with or get onside are just going to go seek someone who will shelter them, and foster them into getting worse. It's a vicious cycle. They compare it to addiction but this doesn't even work with addicts either.
Others have said the same. [She purses her lip.] I don't quite agree, honestly. I think the more contact you have with them, the better it feels to feed, and everything else feels comparatively so dull. Your morality isn't something that's inherent. It's not a limb, it can't be taken away like that. It's just a belief. If you lose faith in it, that's probably because an alternative popped up that you liked better.
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[She doesn't understand, but she's past the point of demanding that people see things her way. At least he's not jumping down her throat like Keith and Ren did.]
The Avatars we don't attempt to reason with or get onside are just going to go seek someone who will shelter them, and foster them into getting worse. It's a vicious cycle. They compare it to addiction but this doesn't even work with addicts either.
Others have said the same. [She purses her lip.] I don't quite agree, honestly. I think the more contact you have with them, the better it feels to feed, and everything else feels comparatively so dull. Your morality isn't something that's inherent. It's not a limb, it can't be taken away like that. It's just a belief. If you lose faith in it, that's probably because an alternative popped up that you liked better.