[She wants it to tell her. And the Shadow is all too happy to oblige. It laughs.]
"The people who saved him. Kid like him, kid with anger issues...of course he runs to the military, 'cause there, they don't care if he nearly uncapped a kid's skull with a mirror, as long as he can do the same to who they're fighting. And of course he sleeps better than he ever did, after the war starts. Doesn't wet the bed anymore. Feels better than he ever did.
"Only one day he goes against orders, and it lands him up a creek. Suddenly they care a lot that he can hold a grudge for a lifetime. So some higher-ups descend from on high and they give him an out and of course he's grateful. They've given him everything. They let him fight and they don't indict him for beating the shit out of a couple assholes here and there.
"But then they break his brain.
"That's part of the pattern, see. Where he puts his faith in people, and only ever gets burned for it."
[It's leaving out the part of the narrative where the cycle got cut short, and that was the best thing to have happened him in years, the people who had his back and who he looked out for, who forcibly adopted him into their ranks until he felt like he had to be better for their sake, because he could never be better for his own.]
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"The people who saved him. Kid like him, kid with anger issues...of course he runs to the military, 'cause there, they don't care if he nearly uncapped a kid's skull with a mirror, as long as he can do the same to who they're fighting. And of course he sleeps better than he ever did, after the war starts. Doesn't wet the bed anymore. Feels better than he ever did.
"Only one day he goes against orders, and it lands him up a creek. Suddenly they care a lot that he can hold a grudge for a lifetime. So some higher-ups descend from on high and they give him an out and of course he's grateful. They've given him everything. They let him fight and they don't indict him for beating the shit out of a couple assholes here and there.
"But then they break his brain.
"That's part of the pattern, see. Where he puts his faith in people, and only ever gets burned for it."
[It's leaving out the part of the narrative where the cycle got cut short, and that was the best thing to have happened him in years, the people who had his back and who he looked out for, who forcibly adopted him into their ranks until he felt like he had to be better for their sake, because he could never be better for his own.]
[It leaves that bit out.]
[But of course it does.]