[ yes, sigma wants to say, but he’s aware that this is only his own vindictiveness surfacing like a strange bug in his mind.
digging past that, however, the answer is clear. ]
It isn’t. You were simply lucky in life. You shouldn’t resent yourself for it simply because others lived worse than you.
[ look at him, trying to offer emotional support when he barely has a grasp on his sense of self. it’s so laughable, and yet he can’t even bring himself to laugh at it. ]
I was forced to become a soldier since I was a child. A group of child soldiers, used for experiments that killed many of us and ruined those that survived. I never had the chance to go to school or live a life like you did. But even then, I had a better life than some of my former coworkers. I lived to see another day, while others didn’t. I get to sleep and have a good meal, while others don’t.
[ he remembers lambda, who cursed him until death claimed him. he remembers tau, who mysteriously disappeared when they were children. so many of them, all unlucky in various ways. ]
I’m sure if those people heard me being self-deprecating about my fortune, they’d curse me until my death.
[ there’s no emotion in his voice, but his words are so earnest that it confuses him as well. ]
If you want to live, live and boast of your luck to everyone around you. Better than putting yourself down because others are more unfortunate than you.
cw child experimentation stuff
digging past that, however, the answer is clear. ]
It isn’t. You were simply lucky in life. You shouldn’t resent yourself for it simply because others lived worse than you.
[ look at him, trying to offer emotional support when he barely has a grasp on his sense of self. it’s so laughable, and yet he can’t even bring himself to laugh at it. ]
I was forced to become a soldier since I was a child. A group of child soldiers, used for experiments that killed many of us and ruined those that survived. I never had the chance to go to school or live a life like you did. But even then, I had a better life than some of my former coworkers. I lived to see another day, while others didn’t. I get to sleep and have a good meal, while others don’t.
[ he remembers lambda, who cursed him until death claimed him. he remembers tau, who mysteriously disappeared when they were children. so many of them, all unlucky in various ways. ]
I’m sure if those people heard me being self-deprecating about my fortune, they’d curse me until my death.
[ there’s no emotion in his voice, but his words are so earnest that it confuses him as well. ]
If you want to live, live and boast of your luck to everyone around you. Better than putting yourself down because others are more unfortunate than you.