_{“torture is not who i am and it never would be. you shouldn’t make it out to be some glorious thing when it is not. you just don’t have the mind to process how wrong it is. which… isn’t your fault, but…” talking about it all was enough to bring up those images he was trying to push down in the first place. “i feel like i can’t even attempt to be normal… but i don’t want to deal with any… monsters.”}

_{“normal is overrated.” maybe not entirely, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t simply state it. “you have to deal with everything you know; past, present, and future. deny it all you wish, but when the time  comes… you’ll be begging me to put a blade in your hands.” a pause. “or maybe… the blade will be  mine.”}