They saw Aegis's parents stand up and question the system. Pleadin' with the world that there must have been some mistake, that the son they raised would never do the things he'd been condemned for. 'Course it didn't work. The world just decided that anyone doin' that for a mass murderer must be just as bad, and condemned them too. So that asshole wasn't wrong sayin' that if they shielded 'em, the same thing would just happen to them. They were scared, and if they wanted to protect themselves, they had to cast 'em out. Puttin' yourself above other people is a natural thing to do.
But they were actin' like it was the right thing to do. They weren't thinkin' for themselves and ownin' that choice. They were just goin' with the crowd 'cause it was easy, and usin' that to pretend they weren't bein' selfish and cowardly.
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They saw Aegis's parents stand up and question the system. Pleadin' with the world that there must have been some mistake, that the son they raised would never do the things he'd been condemned for. 'Course it didn't work. The world just decided that anyone doin' that for a mass murderer must be just as bad, and condemned them too. So that asshole wasn't wrong sayin' that if they shielded 'em, the same thing would just happen to them. They were scared, and if they wanted to protect themselves, they had to cast 'em out. Puttin' yourself above other people is a natural thing to do.
But they were actin' like it was the right thing to do. They weren't thinkin' for themselves and ownin' that choice. They were just goin' with the crowd 'cause it was easy, and usin' that to pretend they weren't bein' selfish and cowardly.
That's what I hate the most.