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[adaptiveimmunities]

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[heyboss]

I don't want you to.

Can you guess why?

[adaptiveimmunities]

Something something 'vengeance is stupid, Shaun?'

[heyboss]

Yes. Do you know why it is?

[adaptiveimmunities]

No.

[Sigh. He knows he's just being difficult for the sake of being difficult.]

Because vengeance is more about making yourself feel better than it is about any real justice, and it doesn't actually make you feel that much better in the long run anyway.

[heyboss]

Exactly. And you might end up hurting the people you actually care about, the ones who matter. If you kill or hurt someone because of me, how do you think I would feel about it?

Aside from disappointed at you.

[adaptiveimmunities]

Man, I feel like the disappointment is what would actually kill me, but I think you'd be pissed. You sure wouldn't be happy I decided to take matters into my own hands, and that would kind of defeat the purpose, wouldn't it?

[heyboss]

Angry, yes, but also sad.

Sad that you felt the need to hurt someone in my name, when I believe in the value of life with as little violence as possible.

[adaptiveimmunities]

You're a better person than me, Sheehan. I hope you know that.

But anyway, that's still the point. Being a violent asshole just because it might make me feel better is... dumb. And pointless. And it's shooting myself in the foot, because I'd have to look you in the eye and say what I did. That sure as shit wouldn't make me feel better.

[heyboss]

I don't want you to look at me and feel badly about it. I want you to look in the mirror and prevent it.

[adaptiveimmunities]

Like I said--you're a better person. But maybe if we hang out enough, it will rub off on me.

[heyboss]

I'm not a better person. I've had a much different life. I've had the opportunity to form better coping skills.

You have that opportunity and you're doing it.

[adaptiveimmunities]

You should give yourself more credit, Sheehan. Life experiences or not, you're probably the most decent person I know.

[heyboss]

Thabk you.

It's because I choose to be. I make choices every day that I know affect other people.