No, I don't believe you're like that. I've known people like that.
[Titania and Dantalion, deceptive to the very end, especially the former — that was, until her cover was blown. But her cover was not blown of her own volition, and perhaps that's where the difference lies. Childe had given himself up, or so Noah understands. To him, a true sadist doesn't turn around and admit they want blood on their hands.
Perhaps he's wrong about that. It's a high probability. He's a kid with a narrow view of the world; who's to say a sadist wouldn't whip around and admit all their crimes? Maybe that's just the very definition.
Noah would like to believe that Childe isn't that person.]
Someone with my "best interests at heart" wouldn't kill indiscriminately for that reason.
no subject
[He shakes his head, looking cross.]
No, I don't believe you're like that. I've known people like that.
[Titania and Dantalion, deceptive to the very end, especially the former — that was, until her cover was blown. But her cover was not blown of her own volition, and perhaps that's where the difference lies. Childe had given himself up, or so Noah understands. To him, a true sadist doesn't turn around and admit they want blood on their hands.
Perhaps he's wrong about that. It's a high probability. He's a kid with a narrow view of the world; who's to say a sadist wouldn't whip around and admit all their crimes? Maybe that's just the very definition.
Noah would like to believe that Childe isn't that person.]
Someone with my "best interests at heart" wouldn't kill indiscriminately for that reason.