“Or normal will change. That sometimes happens too. People forget. Something else becomes more important.” It was amazing the things people could overlook so long as it didn’t directly affect them. Not that she was much better. But at least she could admit that.

Sif hesitated at that. She saw herself as good, of course, but how hard did she actually try? How much did she enjoy it? She liked fighting, she lived for it, but that was not the same as being good. She could justify that it was all for a good cause, a good reason, but that wasn’t the same as being good.

“The right choices aren’t always the easiest. Or the simplest. Most people fall somewhere in between. It takes dedication to be truly good, or even attempt it. And yes, one mistake can discount a lifetime of good. I don’t think that means we should give up, though.”

❝ between you and me? i’d take the side of tyrants and menaces than anyone else. ❞ and he had, several times over in-fact, but that never meant he was let off easy. the game he played was dangerous, even much more than he would admit, but all the same, it was one that he enjoyed.

❝ ‘course, even the so called ‘villains’ are their own heroes. ❞ that was one way to put it —- they always believed what they were doing was ultimately right. he could relate, but not entirely — morality was always something that seemed to be lost on him. 

❝ though, in truth? i’m not what anyone could call good —- not in the slightest.❞