[His face scrunches as if in pain. John is a flawed person. And that he knew from the very night he met him. Does he deserve take an eternity being dipped in the lake of fire and wrong through Hell over and again? No. He doesn't deserve that. No child deserves such a fate either which is also another shock. Can such sins, such damnation be absolved on this side? Can it even be reversed at all.
He reaches up to rub his forehead and eyes.]
I believe in justice. [Which might not have been what he was going to say at the start but it's what comes out.] I believe in hope.
[Can those alone do a goddamn thing? Matt thinks about the girl, crying in the night. About her father and how he hurt her. That stings and heats his blood to this day. This information is a cool, icy stinging. A crime all the same, awful and bleak.]
...I can't believe that.
[Which is about typical that he can't stop trying to fight back scalding tears. He hasn't even touched his cup yet.]
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He reaches up to rub his forehead and eyes.]
I believe in justice. [Which might not have been what he was going to say at the start but it's what comes out.] I believe in hope.
[Can those alone do a goddamn thing? Matt thinks about the girl, crying in the night. About her father and how he hurt her. That stings and heats his blood to this day. This information is a cool, icy stinging. A crime all the same, awful and bleak.]
...I can't believe that.
[Which is about typical that he can't stop trying to fight back scalding tears. He hasn't even touched his cup yet.]