Mm. Not everyone has compassion. And people are, inherently, selfish. It's part of what makes us what we are.
[Even those that are brutal, those that are cruel, those that abandon and butcher and commit atrocities. Solomon may have his opinions about people that were to chose those ways of life, as well as how they should be treated... but they would still be people.
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There is a saying back in my world. "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." The bonds that you make by choice and experience... that is more important, I believe, than that of familial obligation. Love is not something you are obligated to give, or have, or earn, or take. But that is what makes it precious, when it's there.
[He glances up towards the boy, as the memory starts to muddle and ripple to white.]
Even if it's something like the warmth of a sunbeam.
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[Even those that are brutal, those that are cruel, those that abandon and butcher and commit atrocities. Solomon may have his opinions about people that were to chose those ways of life, as well as how they should be treated... but they would still be people.
...]
There is a saying back in my world. "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." The bonds that you make by choice and experience... that is more important, I believe, than that of familial obligation. Love is not something you are obligated to give, or have, or earn, or take. But that is what makes it precious, when it's there.
[He glances up towards the boy, as the memory starts to muddle and ripple to white.]
Even if it's something like the warmth of a sunbeam.