That's the first thing Krouse thinks when he reads what Amy has to say about Teacher. They did it, and what gets him about it is the slippery, disorienting lurch of that they coming in the form of the collective inclusive.
Logically, he knows that it's right. In the future he hasn't lived out, he's with Teacher until he dies. He knew that, so he knows that he contributed to the overall plan, part of the conduit that kept Teacher connected to Saint. A negligible role, in the larger scheme of things.
It's not responsibility he's feeling. It's a tiny flicker of obedient satisfaction, and he recoils from it like he reached out in the dark and sank his fingers into a swollen, hot patch of rot.
It almost makes talking about Cauldron, and what he knows about Cauldron, slightly more appealing by contrast. ]
I was still in Brockton Bay when the Triumvirate got found out.
They clamped it down fast, but word travelled faster. I picked up enough of the high notes to say I couldn't agree with you more.
[ Unlike the topic of Teacher, his feelings here are uncomplicated. He fucking hates them too. There are enough obvious reasons anyone should that he doesn't have to get into the specifics of his personal ones. ]
All those noble heroes, worse than most of the Birdcage. Fucking Lab Rat did less human experimentation.
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Date: 2024-06-14 09:13 am (UTC)That's the first thing Krouse thinks when he reads what Amy has to say about Teacher. They did it, and what gets him about it is the slippery, disorienting lurch of that they coming in the form of the collective inclusive.
Logically, he knows that it's right. In the future he hasn't lived out, he's with Teacher until he dies. He knew that, so he knows that he contributed to the overall plan, part of the conduit that kept Teacher connected to Saint. A negligible role, in the larger scheme of things.
It's not responsibility he's feeling. It's a tiny flicker of obedient satisfaction, and he recoils from it like he reached out in the dark and sank his fingers into a swollen, hot patch of rot.
It almost makes talking about Cauldron, and what he knows about Cauldron, slightly more appealing by contrast. ]
I was still in Brockton Bay when the Triumvirate got found out.
They clamped it down fast, but word travelled faster. I picked up enough of the high notes to say I couldn't agree with you more.
[ Unlike the topic of Teacher, his feelings here are uncomplicated. He fucking hates them too. There are enough obvious reasons anyone should that he doesn't have to get into the specifics of his personal ones. ]
All those noble heroes, worse than most of the Birdcage. Fucking Lab Rat did less human experimentation.