[Week 22] [Day 5, After Dark] [Audio]

[in_starvation]

Question.

What's your definition of a monster?

Just curious.

Comments

[voice]

[hirac_utzum]

[Short and to the point,] The willfully malicious, with no regard for the life they take.

[After a moment, more quietly...] But I do not exclude myself-- my own actions-- from this definition.

However, when it comes down to protecting those whom you care about from those who would do them harm, sometimes you must become a monster to the monsters that you face. Otherwise, what is to stop them?

[voice]

[mightstealyrcar]

What are you even...

Stop that.

[voice]

[hirac_utzum]

Stop what, exactly?

[voice]

[mightstealyrcar]

Stop... talking about yourself like that! You don't fit your own definition. I've seen what you've been through, remember?

[voice]

[hirac_utzum]

[He takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself. It's not that he's angry with Matt, but he is frustrated with himself.]

You've also seen what I've done, Matt. You know I didn't give a damn about those Yeerks that I've killed. You know why they call me their Beast.

[voice | private]

[mightstealyrcar]

I know you did what you had to do to protect your people, and I know you didn't kill for fun. It was war. You can't beat yourself up over not feeling compassion for the enemy when the enemy was evil.