“If you ask me, you should be sitting right next to me.”
“And how do you figure that?”
“Well, sir, I have this notion, that we are all wicked. It’s in our blood. We’re born evil. You’re no better than I.”
“I don’t murder and eat children.”
“No, that’s my sin. But you've got yours, don’t you? Gambling addiction? Cheatin’ on the missus? Your sins aren't so bad as mine, so you’re okay. Well, sir, I’m not so bad as Hitler. And maybe Hitler wasn't so bad as someone else. Where do we draw the line?
No, you deserve this chair as much as I.”
ooo, good thoughts, jess. also good job creating characters without actually directly telling anything about them.
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