[He heaves a sigh. Clem is starting in on her candy bar, so he figure he might as well too. It casts yet another layer of absurdity over this whole thing, and maybe that'll let him not take things so seriously.]
[Though it seems that's not an option.]
we keep going much longer and it's gonna be a four-way intervention.
[It's as close to a joke as he can come. Jokes are inherently disingenuous.]
[He's quiet for awhile after they've all said their piece, and after Jay's final outburst.]
is it...hard? i--sometimes i wonder.
[He breaks off a piece of chocolate but doesn't quite eat it yet. He's not looking at anyone.]
with humans, i mean. is it just--is it hard to just--not kill people? i get that accidents happen, and--and i know it's hypocritical to...single out humans. after everything monsters have done. but, hell, monsters too, is it just--how hard can it be to just--it's the one thing i still can't wrap my head around. i can't understand it. i don't get it. the idea that it could be easy, just a thing that happens, is just...so...foreign.
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[Though it seems that's not an option.]
we keep going much longer and it's gonna be a four-way intervention.
[It's as close to a joke as he can come. Jokes are inherently disingenuous.]
[He's quiet for awhile after they've all said their piece, and after Jay's final outburst.]
is it...hard? i--sometimes i wonder.
[He breaks off a piece of chocolate but doesn't quite eat it yet. He's not looking at anyone.]
with humans, i mean. is it just--is it hard to just--not kill people? i get that accidents happen, and--and i know it's hypocritical to...single out humans. after everything monsters have done. but, hell, monsters too, is it just--how hard can it be to just--it's the one thing i still can't wrap my head around. i can't understand it. i don't get it. the idea that it could be easy, just a thing that happens, is just...so...foreign.