It's familiar; blaming oneself. With Mephisto, though, he...he can see it. Who knows how many lives the angel has ruined? How many souls he's captured, deals made? A few weeks living with humans isn't forgiveness for all the transgressions he's committed. He has a lifetime - multiple lifetimes - to dedicate trying to fix things, not just Stephen's seventy years.
And yet, when Stephen looks at him, he does not see an angel. He sees a man. It makes him wonder just what makes them different, from each other, from the Phantom- even Jeremy's SQUIP.
They're all just trying...to get by. Aren't they? He remembers seeing something in the Phantom, during the trial, before Riley attacked him, and...]
...I think this place is meant to crack us all. One way or another.
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It's familiar; blaming oneself. With Mephisto, though, he...he can see it. Who knows how many lives the angel has ruined? How many souls he's captured, deals made? A few weeks living with humans isn't forgiveness for all the transgressions he's committed. He has a lifetime - multiple lifetimes - to dedicate trying to fix things, not just Stephen's seventy years.
And yet, when Stephen looks at him, he does not see an angel. He sees a man. It makes him wonder just what makes them different, from each other, from the Phantom- even Jeremy's SQUIP.
They're all just trying...to get by. Aren't they? He remembers seeing something in the Phantom, during the trial, before Riley attacked him, and...]
...I think this place is meant to crack us all. One way or another.