Still, We Rot

I fucking hate this new guy.
 
As if associating with a two parts sex obsessed, two parts oblivious, and one part suspicious band of imbeciles wasn't bad enough, life saw fit to spit in my face and just chuck a god into my midst. Of ALL the fucking things. Didn't need *more* convincing that my life is a fucking joke, yet here we are. He's loud, he's bright, he's upbeat, he's obnoxious, and I hate the way he looks at me like the knowing glare of a parent toward their petulant child. He touts a lot of "mY dAd Is ThE gOd Of WaR aNd JuStIcE!" and claims his father is the only one of the pantheon who does any work which, honestly, is fucking laughable. Justice, huh? Where? For only those he deems worthy? That's not justice. Though, I'm in no position to speak on justice. What I've done and what I'm currently pursuing are the absolute *furthest* thing from it. Best to let that thought die.
 
YESYESLETITDIEJUSTLIKEALLTHERESTLETTHEMALLDIE
 
I begrudgingly admit that he piques my curiosity though. For all his ignorance, he too seems to maintain an interestingly negative view of his own kind and is beginning to learn that he won't find hope in the hands of mortals. Better he learn it early than go his entire existence like Xerrakir or Issac, trying to manifest shreds of good where there aren't any and believing in "the good of people" against their better judgement. I don't know why this Rin guy's mission is to essentially oversee humanity and take stock of whatever the fuck it is we do down here, but I'd be a liar if I said it didn't unsettle me. Why is he so concerned with whether change persists for thousands of years? It never does. We're a lost cause. All mortals do is sell each other out and kill each other off. Our forests are nourished from blood rather than water, our crops fertilized from the decomposing bones of those we slaughtered in order to rise. It's a violent cycle that endures always. You're either part of the cannibalistic machine or consumed by it. There's no changing something so inherent.
 
NEVERCHANGENEVERCHANGEITLLNEVERCHANGEYOUWONTEVERCHANGE
 
Whatever. As long as he stays the fuck away from me, I'll be fine. I'll be fine. Eyes open, Nova.
 
EYESOPENNOVAEYESOPENNOVAKEEPYOUREYESOPENYOURENEVERSAFE
SEETHEWORLDFORWHATITISANDWHATITSDONETOYOU
HEWILLLEARNSOONENOUGH
 
He'll learn soon enough.
 
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Just like me.