[ and perhaps that is a surprising thing to hear him say, what with all of his endless optimism and cheer and kindness — but no, he knows all too well what a terrible place the world can be, how unfair, how unjust, how so many people die and no one cares.
but instead of letting that make him jaded, instead of letting that push him into cynicism, charles has made the conscious decision to let that make him better. that if no one else cares... then he will. that at least he will be as good and kind and caring as he can, because, well. change starts with you, don't it?
and yet, when root speaks of choosing her death... he can't help but bite his lip. ] Maybe. I mean, I get it, sort of. Would I rather have chosen my death than what it was? Yeah, sure. But good or bad... a death's a death.
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[ and perhaps that is a surprising thing to hear him say, what with all of his endless optimism and cheer and kindness — but no, he knows all too well what a terrible place the world can be, how unfair, how unjust, how so many people die and no one cares.
but instead of letting that make him jaded, instead of letting that push him into cynicism, charles has made the conscious decision to let that make him better. that if no one else cares... then he will. that at least he will be as good and kind and caring as he can, because, well. change starts with you, don't it?
and yet, when root speaks of choosing her death... he can't help but bite his lip. ] Maybe. I mean, I get it, sort of. Would I rather have chosen my death than what it was? Yeah, sure. But good or bad... a death's a death.