Leonard... he was far worse than Blitzkopf. He was not amoral, but evil, wanting nothing more than to watch the world burn. At least Blitzkopf did not care whether or not the world burned because of his actions. Leonard was intending it. He was a master manipulator, and a selfish man, and a callous scientist - just like Blitzkopf was. If it was only the one, I would believe you... but two begins to form a pattern, a pattern which worries me and makes me doubt myself.
... in the pursuit of knowledge, the only thing I have learned is that there is truly some knowledge which is not worth knowing. Such a revelation is something I had not learned at home. What if... what if, when I go back home... I end up like them? Unfeeling, egotistical, only interested in learning more, and more... dedicated only to that knowledge, unconcerned when people are hurt in the process...
[His shoulders shake, suddenly, as he draws in a breath, and his eyes begin to grow misty. He blinks away the tears before they form, but it is clear that he is still upset.]
... the Sun said we were drawn to our greatest resonances when we are Infiltrating. What if my greatest resonances truly are heartless madmen?
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... in the pursuit of knowledge, the only thing I have learned is that there is truly some knowledge which is not worth knowing. Such a revelation is something I had not learned at home. What if... what if, when I go back home... I end up like them? Unfeeling, egotistical, only interested in learning more, and more... dedicated only to that knowledge, unconcerned when people are hurt in the process...
[His shoulders shake, suddenly, as he draws in a breath, and his eyes begin to grow misty. He blinks away the tears before they form, but it is clear that he is still upset.]
... the Sun said we were drawn to our greatest resonances when we are Infiltrating. What if my greatest resonances truly are heartless madmen?