“True,” he says thoughtfully. “But I get it. Sometimes things sound too good to be true.”
The guilt twists in his gut.
Anyway.
“I’m just saying, not all Avatars are malevolent and you’re—we’re all going after the right people. Maybe that’s the only way to beat these things. Use their own powers against them. We’ll keep you in check, let you know if and when you get off the good and narrow. And then we can decide. I’ll do it myself if you ask me to.”
There’s a pause.
“Have you ever, ever heard of any of the Entities being defeated? Cause this is an unending battle. There’s always gonna be a new apocalypse, a new avatar, some other crap that comes up. I mean, some stupid part of me does kinda hope there’s something out there that can fix everything. But until we find that, conventional means isn’t gonna do squat. I can’t shoot the stars when they start coming down and yelling at me. Technology is only taking us so far. The most efficient way to protect innocent people is to fight fire with fire.”
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The guilt twists in his gut.
Anyway.
“I’m just saying, not all Avatars are malevolent and you’re—we’re all going after the right people. Maybe that’s the only way to beat these things. Use their own powers against them. We’ll keep you in check, let you know if and when you get off the good and narrow. And then we can decide. I’ll do it myself if you ask me to.”
There’s a pause.
“Have you ever, ever heard of any of the Entities being defeated? Cause this is an unending battle. There’s always gonna be a new apocalypse, a new avatar, some other crap that comes up. I mean, some stupid part of me does kinda hope there’s something out there that can fix everything. But until we find that, conventional means isn’t gonna do squat. I can’t shoot the stars when they start coming down and yelling at me. Technology is only taking us so far. The most efficient way to protect innocent people is to fight fire with fire.”