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HENRY TOWNSHEND. ([personal profile] badfengshui) wrote in [community profile] etraya 2025-04-18 09:16 pm (UTC)

cw: death, corpses, brief mention of child abuse

[ That's --

-- it's a good question. Should he talk about their deaths? His chin involuntarily dips down as he grits his teeth. Not all of the victims were good people. Some of them had done terrible things, but --

Andrew's body was never recovered. It probably would rot in that unknown prison without anyone finding it. Just like those children sent to that place. No one would know his part in their suffering. But is it up to him to decide how he should be "punished?"

Richard suffered so much before he died. However, the terrible things that he did -- was that his own doing or was he influenced by whatever was going on in the apartment building? Was it all right to brush it off as saying he was possessed? Manipulated by unseen forces? Was it right to wash away his actions? And what about the man that was murdered? Skinned?

If he talked about everything, what would happen? Would he feel better? He isn't sure. People died. He watched all of their deaths because someone wanted him to see it. His mouth feels dry. His eyes dip from side-to-side like reading a page.

His eyes remain unfocused until he blinks.

He lifts his head and looks at Vander. ]


I -- I don't know.

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