Then be what's left! But don't hold yourself to some fucked up ideal to avoid dealing with what you feel.
[The wince enough to make him ease his grip, let his hands slide lightly down his arms, reassuring as he knows how to be without just crushing him into a bear hug. (Which certain people have informed him recently is not always reassuring)]
No one, no matter how broken they are, is purely evil.
And no one, even the Oracle herself, is pure good. It's not black and white like that, it never has been and we're all blind fools for listening to that version of events. You don't have to justify everything you think and feel and do by "but is that what the Scourge should do".
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[The wince enough to make him ease his grip, let his hands slide lightly down his arms, reassuring as he knows how to be without just crushing him into a bear hug. (Which certain people have informed him recently is not always reassuring)]
No one, no matter how broken they are, is purely evil.
And no one, even the Oracle herself, is pure good. It's not black and white like that, it never has been and we're all blind fools for listening to that version of events. You don't have to justify everything you think and feel and do by "but is that what the Scourge should do".