I managed to stop mentally going “Aaauuughhh” long enough to …
Comment on Chapter 4, page 9 by The Doodler.
I managed to stop mentally going “Aaauuughhh” long enough to actually write a comment, so everything’s none too coherent and also subject to change:
What a mess. Seems like there’s no doing something wrong that doesn’t have ripple effects. I don’t know what I think about Diomedes offing the kid — revenge isn’t a great reason, but sheesh, who can blame him when he’s lost everyone and everything (as far as he knows) to someone Fotis helped? And how’s Fotis going to feel about this? Plus, the kid was still a danger to any survivors and traitors are traditionally executed, but … the executioner being another traumatized kid beating him to death in an alley is one of the less ideal parts of a less-than-ideal situation. Even though Orestes is basically right, it’s making Diomedes (not to mention the traitor) into more of a child soldier than he was already. His reaction of revulsion to violence isn’t ideally something you’d discourage…
On the other hand, at least he’s got somewhere to go and the adults aren’t exactly the LRA. I bet Fotis and the boss man get into a fight over this, though.
…I guess this is bound to happen when nobody’s off-limits and everyone’s barely surviving.
On an entirely unrelated note, thanks for the shoutout.
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