I suppose it's just something I can't imagine. Many people feel the weight of their ancestry emotionally, but I don't understand what it means to physically feel it.
It isn't words. But I saw a vision of them, once, where I could hear them, and it was all... we will never be saved. No one can escape suffering, for we once suffered. No one can escape hatred, for we once hated. The senseless deaths and shattered hopes-- where is paradise or peace?
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Whenever anyone does you wrong, whenever anybody looks at you sideways just 'cause you're Sarkaz, you can feel it. It's just always in you. When you fight, they want you to do it. You just... know that what you're supposed to do is fight back, and kill, and lash out.
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[she's quiet, thinking of how to explain.]
It isn't words. But I saw a vision of them, once, where I could hear them, and it was all... we will never be saved. No one can escape suffering, for we once suffered. No one can escape hatred, for we once hated. The senseless deaths and shattered hopes-- where is paradise or peace?
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Whenever anyone does you wrong, whenever anybody looks at you sideways just 'cause you're Sarkaz, you can feel it. It's just always in you. When you fight, they want you to do it. You just... know that what you're supposed to do is fight back, and kill, and lash out.
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Do you think that it's better to do what your ancestors and blood tell you to do? Or to make your own choices?
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