[It's a relief to hear someone put it into words at last. He doubts it's an uncommon feeling. He is tired of being spared it, though he isn't sure what he's gained by knowing for certain. At least a sense that he understands the way the world works. You do not take a life, no matter the reason, without consequences.]
. . . My predecessors, the former leaders of Mad Burnish, killed without reason. Indiscriminately. Burning buildings, towns, cities to ash without questioning why. I wanted to be different. Each life needed to matter.
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[It's a relief to hear someone put it into words at last. He doubts it's an uncommon feeling. He is tired of being spared it, though he isn't sure what he's gained by knowing for certain. At least a sense that he understands the way the world works. You do not take a life, no matter the reason, without consequences.]
. . . My predecessors, the former leaders of Mad Burnish, killed without reason. Indiscriminately. Burning buildings, towns, cities to ash without questioning why. I wanted to be different. Each life needed to matter.