[He's quiet for a time, processing Mithos's words and choosing his own.]
Because giving up on other people just causes more suffering, for everyone.
[People are connected to others, no matter how hard they might try not to be. That kind of feeling spreads, and drags everyone into the abyss.]
Because caring is what I have left.
[He realized it a long time ago - he isn't someone others care about. So he stopped caring about himself, too. Because that's how he survived. He could never become someone others would want - but he could stop being the things they didn't.]
...because if the problem is me, then it doesn't have to be anyone else.
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Date: 2019-08-07 05:45 pm (UTC)Because giving up on other people just causes more suffering, for everyone.
[People are connected to others, no matter how hard they might try not to be. That kind of feeling spreads, and drags everyone into the abyss.]
Because caring is what I have left.
[He realized it a long time ago - he isn't someone others care about. So he stopped caring about himself, too. Because that's how he survived. He could never become someone others would want - but he could stop being the things they didn't.]
...because if the problem is me, then it doesn't have to be anyone else.