One of the many similarities between them was age, he's pretty sure. His flavor of healing factor has a notable lagging effect, but it didn't delete its external traces. He found a little comforting humanity in that.
He could say more here: that he had unfinished business, that he wasn't satisfied with just himself knowing better, when there were others that could repeat his mistake. That it simply felt inadequate to just continue to live his life when so many countless others had lost theirs because of him. That exerting that control to make things right is the only thing that felt close to atoning. It was messy and complicated.
He mulls it over with his eyes closed.
"I took my lessons, Dan. But that doesn't erase holding myself accountable. It won't undo the past, but the least I can do is put in the effort to prevent it in the future."
Great power, and all that. The anger and guilt was a fuel tank - or he was trying to convince himself it was. Take all the hurtful feelings and turn it into something for a greater purpose. At least it wouldn't all be meaningless, then.
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One of the many similarities between them was age, he's pretty sure. His flavor of healing factor has a notable lagging effect, but it didn't delete its external traces. He found a little comforting humanity in that.
He could say more here: that he had unfinished business, that he wasn't satisfied with just himself knowing better, when there were others that could repeat his mistake. That it simply felt inadequate to just continue to live his life when so many countless others had lost theirs because of him. That exerting that control to make things right is the only thing that felt close to atoning. It was messy and complicated.
He mulls it over with his eyes closed.
"I took my lessons, Dan. But that doesn't erase holding myself accountable. It won't undo the past, but the least I can do is put in the effort to prevent it in the future."
Great power, and all that. The anger and guilt was a fuel tank - or he was trying to convince himself it was. Take all the hurtful feelings and turn it into something for a greater purpose. At least it wouldn't all be meaningless, then.