With a lack of details, the muddled mess of "what ifs" just pile in his mind, a loud mess that just tastes of anger, of bitterness and sympathy.
Barrett stays quiet now that he's unable to follow the flow of Morgan's emotion, something sour and tight rising in his stomach.]
You... want to make him pay for what he did to you. That's what I'm guessing.
[He can understand the sentiment. He can understand the agony of needing somewhere to get the anger out without making the situation worse. But he had a family behind him. Morgan...
Morgan has nothing but himself. And Morgan doesn't care enough about himself for that to be anything but a vehicle.
Barrett's hand rests overtop one of Mithrun's palms, his exhale shaking.]
You really do sound a lot like Booker sometimes.
...
...Don't stoop to this man's level. Please.
I know you think your family will be better off. But that's... that's not a way you deserve to go out. He spent all that time forcing you to react, and now... isn't he just doing again by taunting you?
[If Morgan goes to ruin this person... isn't that just letting them win?]
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With a lack of details, the muddled mess of "what ifs" just pile in his mind, a loud mess that just tastes of anger, of bitterness and sympathy.
Barrett stays quiet now that he's unable to follow the flow of Morgan's emotion, something sour and tight rising in his stomach.]
You... want to make him pay for what he did to you. That's what I'm guessing.
[He can understand the sentiment. He can understand the agony of needing somewhere to get the anger out without making the situation worse. But he had a family behind him. Morgan...
Morgan has nothing but himself. And Morgan doesn't care enough about himself for that to be anything but a vehicle.
Barrett's hand rests overtop one of Mithrun's palms, his exhale shaking.]
You really do sound a lot like Booker sometimes.
...
...Don't stoop to this man's level. Please.
I know you think your family will be better off. But that's... that's not a way you deserve to go out. He spent all that time forcing you to react, and now... isn't he just doing again by taunting you?
[If Morgan goes to ruin this person... isn't that just letting them win?]