Our power is everything that's wrong with us - everything that makes us so much worse than any other species's cruelty. The things we can do... it amplifies whatever innate flaws sapient life has to begin with.
When you and the others are given the same unlimited control over someone, you begin to do the same thing. All you need is an excuse, a justification.
The only thing different about the Summer Maiden was that she understood that.
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Our power is everything that's wrong with us - everything that makes us so much worse than any other species's cruelty. The things we can do... it amplifies whatever innate flaws sapient life has to begin with.
When you and the others are given the same unlimited control over someone, you begin to do the same thing. All you need is an excuse, a justification.
The only thing different about the Summer Maiden was that she understood that.