[Justice listens to the whole thing, tension in every muscle of his body. His jaw clenches when Riona says the word 'frost'.
He's still tense even when she finishes her story.]
Corruption is not always visible. A demon does not always appear to be a demon, and a spirit does not always realize how deep the corruption runs until it is too late. It is not good that it summoned frost.
[But he can't bring himself to be angry that Riona resisted killing the spirit. It's in her nature to avoid unnecessary death. Her mercy and kindness are traits he admires in her, and she was just doing what she does with him: treating a spirit like her friend. She would never harm her friends if she could help it.
That doesn't mean that he doesn't disagree in this one case. The fact that Compassion requested that someone kill it makes him think that it didn't believe it could make itself forget, and Justice doesn't know how else it could uproot the corruption.]
I am pleased that there were no other incidents, and I hope that Compassion was able to make itself pure, but if the corruption was impossible to remove... it would not have been kind to let it live.
[He doesn't expect her to understand how horrible the concept of becoming a demon is. The idea of becoming the very thing that one's entire purpose is to fight against... it's unspeakable.
The implication should be clear. He can't say it, can't even think it explicitly, but if he is ever at that point, he doesn't want her to let him live. Saying it out loud or thinking on it too much would be an acknowledgment that he might be vulnerable to becoming a demon, and he can't stand the mere idea, so she'll just have to connect the dots herself.]
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He's still tense even when she finishes her story.]
Corruption is not always visible. A demon does not always appear to be a demon, and a spirit does not always realize how deep the corruption runs until it is too late. It is not good that it summoned frost.
[But he can't bring himself to be angry that Riona resisted killing the spirit. It's in her nature to avoid unnecessary death. Her mercy and kindness are traits he admires in her, and she was just doing what she does with him: treating a spirit like her friend. She would never harm her friends if she could help it.
That doesn't mean that he doesn't disagree in this one case. The fact that Compassion requested that someone kill it makes him think that it didn't believe it could make itself forget, and Justice doesn't know how else it could uproot the corruption.]
I am pleased that there were no other incidents, and I hope that Compassion was able to make itself pure, but if the corruption was impossible to remove... it would not have been kind to let it live.
[He doesn't expect her to understand how horrible the concept of becoming a demon is. The idea of becoming the very thing that one's entire purpose is to fight against... it's unspeakable.
The implication should be clear. He can't say it, can't even think it explicitly, but if he is ever at that point, he doesn't want her to let him live. Saying it out loud or thinking on it too much would be an acknowledgment that he might be vulnerable to becoming a demon, and he can't stand the mere idea, so she'll just have to connect the dots herself.]