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I do get angry back. I seethe. I hate. I wish to become violent. That is not acceptable behavior where I am from, however.

I learned very quickly at the orphanage that the other children could say whatever they wished to me but it would be I who would be punished when I inevitably threw that first punch.

It is no different as an adult.

Guess that's how it works. If you're not patient, if you don't put up with the bullshit that gets said, you're the bad guy.

[Or if you're just a short tempered idiot like he suddenly is.

A pause.]

Would you come fight me sometime?

That is exactly how it works. Turn the other cheek, they say! Be the better person! Simply excuses to make you the villain when you take action to stop the abuse.

[ No, no, Barrett is valid. ]

Fight you? I suppose.

Why?

I think it's easier to be kind.

But it hurts right now. When it doesn't seem to matter. If you're saying something people don't like, maybe... kindness stops mattering.

I don't like that.

[He turns over the idea in his head, trying to find his words.

Why does he want this.

]

I think I want to see it for myself. Not through rumors. Can you get furious?

You'd do that for Lily, right?

It is a foregone conclusion.

Once you stop saying or doing what people expect of you, many will abandon you. Not all, but many. It is the same as throwing the first punch, showing that you will defend yourself.

[ Ah, but this fighting thing... ]

I am not sure you could say or do anything that would make me that angry but I will fight you nonetheless.

I don't think I need you to be mad at me.

But if something happens, I wonder if you'll act. People are getting divided right now.

If you and I were enemies, would you win?