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[greatestheroever]

Wow, mun. I can't say I'm the greatest hero just yet, but I'll try to live up to it!

Um. But do we really have to use this icon? It's embarrassing, and I think people might get the wrong idea.

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[professorlionface]

[Quentin is a handful, no one really knows how to deal with him properly. All he really wants is the attention.]

Well, if things do turn out poorly, I think it could at least partly be a failure on our part to show you the right path. Anyone who thinks otherwise, that it's all a foregone conclusion, that evil is genetic, is fooling themselves.

Trust me, I know genes, and evil is hardly hereditary.

[greatestheroever]

[But why can't he want good attention? Why can't everyone just be friends?]

[Evan bites his lip for a moment.]

It's confusing because the same people who were so sure I must be bad are the same people now telling me to believe in myself.

[professorlionface]

[It's a sad state of affairs, he used to be a model student before the drugs.

But that statement gives Hank pause. This is why it was a bad idea to let Logan think he's the headmaster.]

The best thing I can attribute that to is, well, short-sightedness. Some people are very accustomed to a certain role, and transitioning to a different one hasn't been...graceful. It can lead them to stampede like a spotted zebra might.

[greatestheroever]

[He can deal with Quentin and the other kids, really, it's the scary adults that are the problem.]

You mean because all my heroes are assassins.

[professorlionface]

A little, yes. Some of them aren't really accustomed to things that don't involve war, like, say, running a school.

[greatestheroever]

But ... people who hurt kids are bad guys. I don't understand why it isn't simple.

[professorlionface]

And that much really should be, but it isn't a simple world we live in, and some people like the overcomplicate it more than is right.

[greatestheroever]

So should I try to understand or not? I want to understand people, but not if they're acting like that.

[Well, no, that's a bit of a lie. He still wants to know. He just also doesn't want to know.]

[professorlionface]

Well, I think trying to understand people can be important. But more important is doing what you must for your own well-being. You can't let your understanding get in the way of that.

[greatestheroever]

But if you're a hero, aren't other people more important than yourself?

[professorlionface]

To a degree. But you can't let that make you believe you also aren't important. After all, the longer you're able to continue, the more people you will be able to save.