We all do stupid things when it comes to the person or people we care most about, though. Frustrating as it can be.
[Mikleo sobers at the question, though. He gives it some thought before answering. Honestly, nobody's ever asked him that before, and he considers it an interesting question.]
I suppose to me it means doing right by my morals. Sometimes, we've had to do things that we're not proud of or even break a law. I've had to re-evaluate my morals and figure out if maybe I was in the wrong or had the wrong idea. Overall, I want to do good in the world as best as I can, whether that means being on the side of the law or going outside it.
[For a moment, he's quiet. Then, he decides to place as much trust and respect in the knight as Flynn's given him so far.]
It's hard, Flynn. Justice can corrupt someone just as much as injustice. Feeling that your own personal justice is the only way, that all others don't exist or are meaningless to you...I've seen how that leads people in my world to becoming hellions.
[Mikleo looks down at the table, staring at a spot like it holds the secrets to life.]
A Cardinal was like that. She was close to the Emperor of Rolance, and all she'd wanted was to protect her people, but her sense of justice led her to become a hellion so corrupt that she couldn't be purified. Not only that, but she would kill anyone who interfered with her plans or tried to get to the truth by turning them to stone. She made it rain constantly in the capital, drowning the people's crops and making life almost intolerable. In the end, we had no choice but to kill her, and she still thought that she was in the absolute right.
[Mikleo looks back up at him and shrugs a little helplessly.]
On the other hand, I've seen a serial killer who was pure. He'd kill anyone who argued with the knights of Pendrago, believing them to be "lamentably" weak. He believed with all his heart that his actions brought his victims salvation and compassion was what fueled those acts. To make matters worse, he, too, was a priest, and he'd said that he'd been visited by a seraph who "blessed" his endeavors. The knights arrested him to face his crimes in court, but....
[He sighs.]
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I do the best I can by my own moral compass, but I also have to keep in mind that what I think of justice isn't the only one in the world. Mine isn't superior to anyone else's. Even if theirs is warped or twisted, it's still what they think of justice and valid in its own way because of that. And, sometimes, I question whether what I think is right or wrong.
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We all do stupid things when it comes to the person or people we care most about, though. Frustrating as it can be.
[Mikleo sobers at the question, though. He gives it some thought before answering. Honestly, nobody's ever asked him that before, and he considers it an interesting question.]
I suppose to me it means doing right by my morals. Sometimes, we've had to do things that we're not proud of or even break a law. I've had to re-evaluate my morals and figure out if maybe I was in the wrong or had the wrong idea. Overall, I want to do good in the world as best as I can, whether that means being on the side of the law or going outside it.
[For a moment, he's quiet. Then, he decides to place as much trust and respect in the knight as Flynn's given him so far.]
It's hard, Flynn. Justice can corrupt someone just as much as injustice. Feeling that your own personal justice is the only way, that all others don't exist or are meaningless to you...I've seen how that leads people in my world to becoming hellions.
[Mikleo looks down at the table, staring at a spot like it holds the secrets to life.]
A Cardinal was like that. She was close to the Emperor of Rolance, and all she'd wanted was to protect her people, but her sense of justice led her to become a hellion so corrupt that she couldn't be purified. Not only that, but she would kill anyone who interfered with her plans or tried to get to the truth by turning them to stone. She made it rain constantly in the capital, drowning the people's crops and making life almost intolerable. In the end, we had no choice but to kill her, and she still thought that she was in the absolute right.
[Mikleo looks back up at him and shrugs a little helplessly.]
On the other hand, I've seen a serial killer who was pure. He'd kill anyone who argued with the knights of Pendrago, believing them to be "lamentably" weak. He believed with all his heart that his actions brought his victims salvation and compassion was what fueled those acts. To make matters worse, he, too, was a priest, and he'd said that he'd been visited by a seraph who "blessed" his endeavors. The knights arrested him to face his crimes in court, but....
[He sighs.]
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I do the best I can by my own moral compass, but I also have to keep in mind that what I think of justice isn't the only one in the world. Mine isn't superior to anyone else's. Even if theirs is warped or twisted, it's still what they think of justice and valid in its own way because of that. And, sometimes, I question whether what I think is right or wrong.