[ He gives her hands a squeeze, looking over at wherever Maruki is getting ready to ruin Marty McBrenner's whole career. (No.) ]
I saw the first time he used that power, on the woman he loved. He took the pain of her parents' murder away from her, but he took himself away from her, too. She forgot all about him. He bore that heartbreak alone, thinking he was going to make the world a better place.
Maybe I'm a little sympathetic because my own good intentions put pain and evil into the world in the first place. I can't say I wouldn't have done what he did, if given the chance.
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[ He gives her hands a squeeze, looking over at wherever Maruki is getting ready to ruin Marty McBrenner's whole career. (No.) ]
I saw the first time he used that power, on the woman he loved. He took the pain of her parents' murder away from her, but he took himself away from her, too. She forgot all about him. He bore that heartbreak alone, thinking he was going to make the world a better place.
Maybe I'm a little sympathetic because my own good intentions put pain and evil into the world in the first place. I can't say I wouldn't have done what he did, if given the chance.