Gabriel knows what the right answer is, here. Show remorse, show guilt, and be labeled as a true human being.
Al's made him too honest.
"Sometimes," he replies. "Probably not as much as I should. Ever since I had started, it was always easier to just put it out of my mind. I thought I'd go crazy- well, crazier- if I thought about them too much. But Al's been helping me realize that I'll never be a- well, functional person, if I don't recognize what I've done. The weight of it."
He rubs at his chin. "I found out, too, that I'd been repeating the actions of the man who killed my mother when I was five. So. Definitely don't want to continue that, either."
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Date: 2018-09-02 11:18 pm (UTC)Al's made him too honest.
"Sometimes," he replies. "Probably not as much as I should. Ever since I had started, it was always easier to just put it out of my mind. I thought I'd go crazy- well, crazier- if I thought about them too much. But Al's been helping me realize that I'll never be a- well, functional person, if I don't recognize what I've done. The weight of it."
He rubs at his chin. "I found out, too, that I'd been repeating the actions of the man who killed my mother when I was five. So. Definitely don't want to continue that, either."