[Nor does Boyce necessarily cleave to the idea of being a rock... but he's dealt with being something other for longer than he's been able to talk or walk, so all of this strange turn-around is sitting heavily, familiar in his gut.
So is her defense of the imprisonment of what he assumes are people, not-quite humans like him. He knows they're monsters, at least from everything that's churning violently in his mind. He gets the basic gist of corruption... but it's so similar to his own curse that he can't help but feel discomfited by the parallels.
But Yang is too young to understand that, he thinks. No use in arguing.
Boyce shakes his head, turns away, looks up through the field of bubbles. He doesn't want to rely on pure faith. He wants to see for himself. A spray of black crystals floats just in reach, and he drops his mitts so that he can grab the bubble between his hands. He doesn't pop it immediately, but he does turn to look back at Yang.]
How can you know that this is what is best for someone when you've never had to live it yourself?
[There is some part of him that knows that it's unfair to level that kind of condescension on someone as young as her, but the newly formed gem has gone through a serious upheaval, and he's feeling defensive, unsure. Deeply offended by the concept of what he's become. A jailer? Is that his new life now?]
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So is her defense of the imprisonment of what he assumes are people, not-quite humans like him. He knows they're monsters, at least from everything that's churning violently in his mind. He gets the basic gist of corruption... but it's so similar to his own curse that he can't help but feel discomfited by the parallels.
But Yang is too young to understand that, he thinks. No use in arguing.
Boyce shakes his head, turns away, looks up through the field of bubbles. He doesn't want to rely on pure faith. He wants to see for himself. A spray of black crystals floats just in reach, and he drops his mitts so that he can grab the bubble between his hands. He doesn't pop it immediately, but he does turn to look back at Yang.]
How can you know that this is what is best for someone when you've never had to live it yourself?
[There is some part of him that knows that it's unfair to level that kind of condescension on someone as young as her, but the newly formed gem has gone through a serious upheaval, and he's feeling defensive, unsure. Deeply offended by the concept of what he's become. A jailer? Is that his new life now?]