[Justice pauses in his walking and murmuring to look up at the mortal woman who has stood in his way. He stares at her, which comes out looking like a glare because he always looks like he's glaring. Use the sorrow?
That has to be the dumbest idea he has ever heard.
He takes a breath to tell her so, then remembers that this is a mortal, and mortals don't know much about spirits. Chances are she doesn't even know what he is. So instead of snapping at her, he keeps his voice calm and smooth when he says,] You mortals may be capable of finding something worthwhile in grief. My kind is not.
It can cause corruption, and it must be controlled. [That's a simple way of putting it, but honestly, Justice doesn't really understand it all. He just knows that spirits that give in to despair will become demons, and the spirits that forget it remain spirits. Better to erase any trace of corruption than to take a risk on becoming a demon.]
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That has to be the dumbest idea he has ever heard.
He takes a breath to tell her so, then remembers that this is a mortal, and mortals don't know much about spirits. Chances are she doesn't even know what he is. So instead of snapping at her, he keeps his voice calm and smooth when he says,] You mortals may be capable of finding something worthwhile in grief. My kind is not.
It can cause corruption, and it must be controlled. [That's a simple way of putting it, but honestly, Justice doesn't really understand it all. He just knows that spirits that give in to despair will become demons, and the spirits that forget it remain spirits. Better to erase any trace of corruption than to take a risk on becoming a demon.]