You're right! Some things don't heal, at least, not the way we think they do.
[Komaeda knows that well. The scars on own his heart are never ending, with some extending to his physical form, even.]
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try... I know first hand just how well things go when you give up, when you find yourself deciding that the best way to escape the pain is by running from it.
See... this left arm of mine is a constant reminder of the most painful time of my life. When I was forced to watch someone dear to me be tortured to death right before my eyes... When I decided that I would make things worse, and work for despair, while clinging onto the idea that hope would surely come from that tragedy... That if I removed my own arm and replaced it with hers, I could somehow create the future that would justify everything painful.
But there's nothing I can do to change the massive amount of harm I've caused in the past. All I can do now, all any of us can do now, is influence our future. I... try to do good and help others in small ways, instead of big ones. Souda-kun was even kind enough to make a new arm for me, too!
[His eyes flutter closed with the thought. All of his friends, and himself, even if they hurt here, they still have each other. There is still hope, in this place.]
It's not about winning or losing, it's about... determination. Never giving up, no matter how dark the world may seem.
cw torture, murder, terrorism, and body mutilation mentions
[Komaeda knows that well. The scars on own his heart are never ending, with some extending to his physical form, even.]
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try... I know first hand just how well things go when you give up, when you find yourself deciding that the best way to escape the pain is by running from it.
See... this left arm of mine is a constant reminder of the most painful time of my life. When I was forced to watch someone dear to me be tortured to death right before my eyes... When I decided that I would make things worse, and work for despair, while clinging onto the idea that hope would surely come from that tragedy... That if I removed my own arm and replaced it with hers, I could somehow create the future that would justify everything painful.
But there's nothing I can do to change the massive amount of harm I've caused in the past. All I can do now, all any of us can do now, is influence our future. I... try to do good and help others in small ways, instead of big ones. Souda-kun was even kind enough to make a new arm for me, too!
[His eyes flutter closed with the thought. All of his friends, and himself, even if they hurt here, they still have each other. There is still hope, in this place.]
It's not about winning or losing, it's about... determination. Never giving up, no matter how dark the world may seem.