[ There's some relief in being able to be honest about that. So many envied the power of the sharingan, wanted it for themselves, and gone so far as to try and hunt him down to try and take his eyes for their own. No one really acknowledged the burden it was to get in the first place, let alone keep it and strengthen it. ]
To get it to where it's strong enough to control the demons at home, you have to witness the loss of someone you love deeply. [ He doesn't note that for years, his family had misinterpreted it as having to kill said person, because that's something that's still too much to own up to to just anyone. ] It's not a power I'd wish on anyone else.
[ It's interesting to hear that the demon inside of Peter is meant to protect, meant to help others, given the nervous nature he has around him.
People back home... I think they got ahold of him. Made him all wrong.
That's the way it always goes, isn't it? It's cruel the way that humans seem to destroy anything that they perceive as stronger than them, try to bend and break them into something they control for their own gain. Hypocritical of him, maybe, considering his abilities, but it's why he's now far more selective with when and how he uses those jutsus. ]
I'm sorry. For both of you. That sounds incredibly difficult to deal with. And he didn't deserve to be... broken into something more dangerous.
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[ There's some relief in being able to be honest about that. So many envied the power of the sharingan, wanted it for themselves, and gone so far as to try and hunt him down to try and take his eyes for their own. No one really acknowledged the burden it was to get in the first place, let alone keep it and strengthen it. ]
To get it to where it's strong enough to control the demons at home, you have to witness the loss of someone you love deeply. [ He doesn't note that for years, his family had misinterpreted it as having to kill said person, because that's something that's still too much to own up to to just anyone. ] It's not a power I'd wish on anyone else.
[ It's interesting to hear that the demon inside of Peter is meant to protect, meant to help others, given the nervous nature he has around him.
People back home... I think they got ahold of him. Made him all wrong.
That's the way it always goes, isn't it? It's cruel the way that humans seem to destroy anything that they perceive as stronger than them, try to bend and break them into something they control for their own gain. Hypocritical of him, maybe, considering his abilities, but it's why he's now far more selective with when and how he uses those jutsus. ]
I'm sorry. For both of you. That sounds incredibly difficult to deal with. And he didn't deserve to be... broken into something more dangerous.