We were in the same cell. He was always crying at night and jittering about every damn thing. I called him that because he was so scared of everything.
Then I ripped his head off his shoulders.
No, wait, that was after they tortured me. They were already torturing Smiley, too.
I killed a kid for not letting me buy smokes. He should have let me. He said he was closing up... Or he was too young to sell them. I don't remember. It was some dumb excuse.
I don't know why Smiley was there. It was for the criminally insane, they said. But I think they put anyone there... especially Mobians.
Where I grew up, the hate was real bad. There was a lot of discrimination against Mobians. It was so bad that... yeah... People who were just messed up could get sent to that asylum for almost no good reason.
[ Takes a long drag before exhaling through his nose. ]
Even if Smiley annoyed the fuck out of me, he was still a Mobian. Whenever there were daily exercises and stuff, I'd look out for him. He wouldn't stop crying at night and I'd just scream at him. I didn't know how to get him to stop and I couldn't sleep at night because of him.
Don't kill them for it, Cheshire. Just continue to live and leave them all behind you.
You have that strength.
But the law of karma dictates if you take a life, you must be prepared for someone to try to take yours... the more you kill, the higher the chances of your inevitable atonement.
You think I don't know that? I know there's someone out there who can take me out. That's why I was so... grateful to meet Finny. He... He wasn't afraid of me and even subdued me enough with his medicine and dark magic.
If there's someone who can do that, there's someone who can kill me.
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[He takes another drag from his cigarette.]
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We were in the same cell. He was always crying at night and jittering about every damn thing. I called him that because he was so scared of everything.
Then I ripped his head off his shoulders.
No, wait, that was after they tortured me. They were already torturing Smiley, too.
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So then he was your cellmate.
And you killed him after you were tortured.
What about before? Do you remember anything about him before? Other than that he was muttering and what not. Why were you two even there?
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I don't know why Smiley was there. It was for the criminally insane, they said. But I think they put anyone there... especially Mobians.
Where I grew up, the hate was real bad. There was a lot of discrimination against Mobians. It was so bad that... yeah... People who were just messed up could get sent to that asylum for almost no good reason.
[ Takes a long drag before exhaling through his nose. ]
Even if Smiley annoyed the fuck out of me, he was still a Mobian. Whenever there were daily exercises and stuff, I'd look out for him. He wouldn't stop crying at night and I'd just scream at him. I didn't know how to get him to stop and I couldn't sleep at night because of him.
But he was still a Mobian.
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[Sanzo was thoughtful a moment.]
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[ Stares at the ground. ]
Overlanders are humans. Like you.
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I don't care about stupid things like that.
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... What? Are you gonna freakin' judge me for that too?
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You have that strength.
But the law of karma dictates if you take a life, you must be prepared for someone to try to take yours... the more you kill, the higher the chances of your inevitable atonement.
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You think I don't know that? I know there's someone out there who can take me out. That's why I was so... grateful to meet Finny. He... He wasn't afraid of me and even subdued me enough with his medicine and dark magic.
If there's someone who can do that, there's someone who can kill me.
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You on your way, then?
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[ Blows smoke at him. ] Thanks for the stick.
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Don't forget what we talked about.
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