531 Monstrosity & Morality: Dividing Lines of the Self and Other, Section 1

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[bondsofsuffering]

[Slowly... approaching?]

Miss?

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[libraryofbabel]

"Ah—"

She scrubs at her face; curiously, it seems that there was blood running down her face rather than tears.

"...my apologies if I disturbed you; I didn't know anyone was here."

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[bondsofsuffering]

It's okay, miss...?

[Still... still searching for a name there.]

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[libraryofbabel]

"Oh, erm—it's Iris. Are you one of Grace's students?"

She glances down, and idly starts braiding her hair to the side.

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[bondsofsuffering]

Yes, and I met a "Sam" who seemed to enjoy feasting off my feelings.

But how are you doing?

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[libraryofbabel]

"Sam...?"

She makes a conflicted sort of expression, and then shakes her head gently. "Sorry, I've just had... a lot to consider."

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[bondsofsuffering]

Did something happen?

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[libraryofbabel]

"Mm..." She shakes her head, gently. "I don't know if you could say anything happened, but... I suppose I don't know how to go forward."

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[bondsofsuffering]

Yeah? Are there options you're trying to pick from?

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[libraryofbabel]

"I suppose you could say..." She clicks her tongue, lightly. "I thought I always knew... what I wanted to do with my existence. But I've lost... so many things that I counted on."

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[bondsofsuffering]

Such as?

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[libraryofbabel]

"My sister. My mother, in a way, even though I lost her long ago. My faith..." She frowns even more deeply. "My trust that all will be well, and that the people I admire will know the right way."

Her bottom lip wobbles a little bit. "I wanted to do good things for the world... but so many of the things I loved about it are gone."

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[bondsofsuffering]

Your sister... and your mother? Were they- vampires?

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[libraryofbabel]

"I..."

A pause.

"I suppose so. I think... it must have happened to my mother after I was taken from her, as a child. I barely remember her."

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[bondsofsuffering]

Do you have their names, at least?

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[libraryofbabel]

"Well, my sister—Sam..." She looks at you. "You said you met her?"

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[bondsofsuffering]

She's in the Primary Sources section.

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[libraryofbabel]

"Ah—"

She looks like she's feeling a mix of hope and pain—grief, maybe. "If she's here—" She scrubs at her face a little bit more. "I don't know... if I can face her like this. I told her that I'd keep her safe..."

Another wet sob.

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[bondsofsuffering]

Do you feel like you failed her?

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[libraryofbabel]

With a bitter, mirthless laugh—

"Of course I do. Or... maybe I was foolish to think I could do anything for her. I don't know, anymore."

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[bondsofsuffering]

What happened?

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[libraryofbabel]

"If you really have met my sister, you know—she's a monster. But so am I, so—I wanted to try and see if I could teach her not to harm people."

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[bondsofsuffering]

And she couldn't help herself?

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[libraryofbabel]

"I wonder..." She shakes her head. "Grace... had a lot of hope for vampires, near the end. She thought they could be better than what they were. I wanted to trust her, and—I felt responsible for Sam."

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[bondsofsuffering]

What happened with Grace?