[He says so like it's a novel combination of words, spoken and tasted for the first time now.]
I apply them first to myself, and then to others... I couldn't judge if I didn't apply them first to myself, don't you think?
[He takes a drink, too, of something strong and dark and sweet.]
I would condemn them. The flesh they had eaten was someone's father, or mother, or sibling, or child. It's a murder; it's an injustice. I would hold myself, to the same standards, execute myself in accordance with the same standards. If I unwittingly shared in the banquet I would grieve for my life, but give it, and understand why, for the victim who wished to live.
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[He says so like it's a novel combination of words, spoken and tasted for the first time now.]
I apply them first to myself, and then to others... I couldn't judge if I didn't apply them first to myself, don't you think?
[He takes a drink, too, of something strong and dark and sweet.]
I would condemn them. The flesh they had eaten was someone's father, or mother, or sibling, or child. It's a murder; it's an injustice. I would hold myself, to the same standards, execute myself in accordance with the same standards. If I unwittingly shared in the banquet I would grieve for my life, but give it, and understand why, for the victim who wished to live.