you'd think it'd have been easy never to look back after that
[But it wasn't. It still isn't. When he feels stressed out or hurt, it's still his first thought. He finds himself wondering if it'll always be like that.]
anyway that's why it doesn't really feel like much, i guess "congrats, you didn't nearly let the rest of your family get killed today" hell of a greeting card that'd be
Yeah, kind of the same vibe as "thanks for realizing that destroying a school is wrong". Or "congratulations on getting out of a relationship that the entire world knew was terrible for you". I get you. Working towards redemption feels good, but... I think it's gonna be a while before it starts feeling like I earned it.
[Twenty years down the road from having decided to change his life, and he still doesn't always feel like he deserves what he has in life. Some days he definitely doesn't feel like a good person.]
for what its worth the first one means a lot to me, at least it's not a wasted effort or going unnoticed
Thanks. That helps a lot to know. Same to you, even though there's a whole lot of stuff about you that I'm only learning, like, after the fact. After you're already starting these changes. Not to harp on it or anything, but I'm glad that everything Salem knows about both of us is useless now. Because we're different people. Different enough.
heh at the very least we'll able to make her waste her time gathering new intel which we both personally know is a huge pain in the ass, so i'll take it
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[But it wasn't. It still isn't. When he feels stressed out or hurt, it's still his first thought. He finds himself wondering if it'll always be like that.]
anyway
that's why it doesn't really feel like much, i guess
"congrats, you didn't nearly let the rest of your family get killed today"
hell of a greeting card that'd be
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Or "congratulations on getting out of a relationship that the entire world knew was terrible for you".
I get you.
Working towards redemption feels good, but...
I think it's gonna be a while before it starts feeling like I earned it.
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it's one of the harder parts
[Twenty years down the road from having decided to change his life, and he still doesn't always feel like he deserves what he has in life. Some days he definitely doesn't feel like a good person.]
for what its worth
the first one means a lot to me, at least
it's not a wasted effort or going unnoticed
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That helps a lot to know.
Same to you, even though there's a whole lot of stuff about you that I'm only learning, like, after the fact. After you're already starting these changes.
Not to harp on it or anything, but I'm glad that everything Salem knows about both of us is useless now.
Because we're different people.
Different enough.
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at the very least we'll able to make her waste her time gathering new intel
which we both personally know is a huge pain in the ass, so i'll take it
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Here's to wasting other people's time through self-improvement.
Thanks for being... I don't know. Thanks for being cool.
I'm glad we started talking more.
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you're not half bad to talk to yourself, kid
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I'll keep that secret for as long as possible and definitely won't use it against you.
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i said the coolest team to ever GRADUATE beacon
team rwby doesn't count
[Can't graduate from Beacon when Beacon was destroyed!!! QED.]
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But stay on your toes.
I'm comin' for you in the next one.
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[As the kids say, COME AT ME, BRO.]