[ He looks a little surprised, though it fades into something somber. ]
...I do. But I would rather handle it myself.
[ It has to be done, and it feels wrong to shunt the responsibility onto someone else. Because it does hurt, and it does scare him, and that's precisely why he should be the one to do it. ]
I do not think you're frightening though, Jason. [ He reaches up, resting his hand carefully atop Jason's own, grateful. ] Justice is... subjective. Easily twisted. But mine is not so different from yours, I think.
And I believe only a good person can do what you do without going too far. [ Someone a little worse than Jason would be killing people for any perceived crime. ] Though it must take its toll on you.
I think trying to handle it alone will make you more likely to cross the line.
[He's just saying. Can he talk? Not really, not when he does what he does. But from being around Bruce, listening to Bruce. The man would find it amusing he's giving this kind of advice to someone else.
He glances down at Dimitri's hand, but doesn't shake it off. He looks away instead.]
I only kill the worst, so it doesn't bother me as much as you think. People like that don't deserve to breathe or live.
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...I do. But I would rather handle it myself.
[ It has to be done, and it feels wrong to shunt the responsibility onto someone else. Because it does hurt, and it does scare him, and that's precisely why he should be the one to do it. ]
I do not think you're frightening though, Jason. [ He reaches up, resting his hand carefully atop Jason's own, grateful. ] Justice is... subjective. Easily twisted. But mine is not so different from yours, I think.
And I believe only a good person can do what you do without going too far. [ Someone a little worse than Jason would be killing people for any perceived crime. ] Though it must take its toll on you.
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[He's just saying. Can he talk? Not really, not when he does what he does. But from being around Bruce, listening to Bruce. The man would find it amusing he's giving this kind of advice to someone else.
He glances down at Dimitri's hand, but doesn't shake it off. He looks away instead.]
I only kill the worst, so it doesn't bother me as much as you think. People like that don't deserve to breathe or live.