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[heavenscorpse]

[An angelic figure blinks at the screen. She seems to be on a bleak streetside - behind her, the sky is a mass of dark grey clouds.]

This is used to ask questions, right? Okay, I have a question.

What's revenge?

Thank you, everyone.

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[ifbymyhands]

*You have wings. *A**

It's where, say, someone steals your lunch box, so you put chalk dust on their seat. They do something bad and you do something bad back.

[heavenscorpse]

[They're very nice wings.]

Why?

[devil_forge]

There is a saying that goes "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." 'Tis a way to get even when wrong has been done to you.

Now, what are you exactly?

[heavenscorpse]

I still don't understand the concept.

Me? I'm an angel.

[devil_forge]

An angel? A true angel?

Then I imagine such a concept would be very foreign to a being such as you, and thus difficult to understand. 'Tis something sought by those who feel hate and anger.

[heavenscorpse]

A fake angel.

I don't understand hate either, but I thought starting with something more specific would be better.

[ifbymyhands]

'Cause you're mad, I guess.

[heavenscorpse]

Doing bad things makes you less angry?

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[hawkblocker]

Revenge is magnificent.

One of the best feelings you can experience is that of gaining true revenge upon one who has wronged you.

[If only he could have done that to the Black Knight... But Ike had a greater claim.]

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[heavenscorpse]

I still don't know what it is, though. You'll have to start with the basics for me.

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[hawkblocker]

At its most basic, "revenge" is the act of returning wrong for wrong. If someone has done something to hurt you or those you love, you hurt them back. That is revenge.

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[heavenscorpse]

Okay. Why do you do that?

[ifbymyhands]

I guess it sounds stupid when you put it like that.

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[hawkblocker]

Because it feels good. It eases your pain over the hurt that was caused to you, and makes you feel happy.

[heavenscorpse]

I don't know if it's stupid, it's just confusing to me.

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[heavenscorpse]

...But it would make them feel bad instead of you. I'm not sure I like revenge yet.

[ifbymyhands]

Most people are gonna be confused that you don't know what it is.

[devil_forge]

What do you mean by fake angel?

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[hawkblocker]

It makes things even. If someone hurts you, and they get hurt back, they probably won't hurt you again. And then you won't hurt them again. So there is peace between the two factions.

On the other side, the cause of revenge is generally anger. Anger clouds the mind, so its in the nature of people to seek out revenge because they can't "think" to stop it.

[heavenscorpse]

Any beautiful woman with wings is called an angel here, but I'm not part of the angelic species. This is just what I look like.

[heavenscorpse]

Oh, really? I didn't want to confuse anybody.

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[heavenscorpse]

Those are good points. I don't think I'd like to hurt someone even if they hurt me, but it makes more sense now.

[ifbymyhands]

Yeah, kind of. Anyway, I figure you're probably just from a really different world.

[heavenscorpse]

Maybe. What's your world like?

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[hawkblocker]

[She reminds him of the herons... If she hadn't spoken in an understandable tongue, he might have mistaken her for Leanne.]

Well, all people are different. If you aren't the vengeful type, that's probably best for you.