[ Things Douman could say: "I want to burn this entire place to the ground, because the continued state of my existence demands it."
Things Douman doesn't say: That.
Everyone is bound to something, to someone else, inescapably. Douman understands, and acknowledges, and hates the truth of it; he knows how he's shaped to the image of the man he'll never surpass, and it burns him to know that that shape won't budge.
Things Douman doesn't say, either: That. ]
Mmmm... an interesting question! This humble monk has only ever wanted to better himself, I suppose.
[ Not entirely a lie. The truth is that even in his heresy, Douman is earnest; he's never done anything by halves. ]
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Things Douman doesn't say: That.
Everyone is bound to something, to someone else, inescapably. Douman understands, and acknowledges, and hates the truth of it; he knows how he's shaped to the image of the man he'll never surpass, and it burns him to know that that shape won't budge.
Things Douman doesn't say, either: That. ]
Mmmm... an interesting question! This humble monk has only ever wanted to better himself, I suppose.
[ Not entirely a lie. The truth is that even in his heresy, Douman is earnest; he's never done anything by halves. ]
To prove my mettle, to spite the stars.