You are concerned with how many you kill. Admirable. I, too, avoid death in excess. It is wasteful and wholly unnecessary. When I spent time as a carnivorous monster, I fell into the trap of enjoying the hunt. The thrill was not in victory nor in the rewards I reaped from it — it was in the bite, the blood, the moment of death. I would find myself killing more than I could eat.
[He shakes his head then, and adjusts the hair that resultingly falls in his face. It's grown so long ... he's overdue for a haircut.]
It was ... entirely unlike me. Killing another is a means to an end, not a goal in itself. But you can do it mercifully, Steven. There is nothing to feel bad about.
[No, Diavolo cannot relate — but he's seen enough posts on the network, the words of people distressed by their new monsterhood to know that it is not an uncommon feeling. The two, as Nephilim, are not similar at all in this respect. It only serves to make Diavolo curious about what they do have in common.]
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You are concerned with how many you kill. Admirable. I, too, avoid death in excess. It is wasteful and wholly unnecessary. When I spent time as a carnivorous monster, I fell into the trap of enjoying the hunt. The thrill was not in victory nor in the rewards I reaped from it — it was in the bite, the blood, the moment of death. I would find myself killing more than I could eat.
[He shakes his head then, and adjusts the hair that resultingly falls in his face. It's grown so long ... he's overdue for a haircut.]
It was ... entirely unlike me. Killing another is a means to an end, not a goal in itself. But you can do it mercifully, Steven. There is nothing to feel bad about.
[No, Diavolo cannot relate — but he's seen enough posts on the network, the words of people distressed by their new monsterhood to know that it is not an uncommon feeling. The two, as Nephilim, are not similar at all in this respect. It only serves to make Diavolo curious about what they do have in common.]