FOURTH CURSE: video

[cawsforalarm]

[When the video turns on, viewers are presented with a Henry surrounded by leaves, with the summer sun peeking in through the branches -- seems he's decided to climb a tree for this broadcast, or maybe he was just chilling here anyway. In either case, the expression on his face is uncharacteristically somber.]

Heya. So... this is going to be, like, Serious Business Time. [He glances off somewhere into the foliage. Honestly, it seems like he's not totally comfortable with the idea of Serious Business Time himself.] I've been kinda mulling stuff over, and I wanna hear all your responses! [The smile flickers back for a couple of seconds, but it's gone just as fast.]

What do you think makes someone a bad person? I mean, just for you, like I said. ...Traits or whatever are fine.

…

Yep.

[And that’s how the video ends.]

Comments

voice, private;

[in_praetego]

[ That's quite a backstory... and it's pretty amazing how blase Henry is about narrating it. But everyone has their hangups so he's not really gonna pry too much. Might be rude to. ]

Father always did say the Lord is willing to forgive, no matter the sin... and as long as the sinner is willing to repent.

[ But he hears you about the military school bit. Kind of. ]

Some humans can be pretty awful... but there are others who aren't so bad.

voice, private;

[cawsforalarm]

[Even now, Henry's still trying to do the "nothing scares or upsets me at all ever" routine, just because it's a lot easier than actually laying out his feelings bare.]

Yeah, I mean, I'm starting to see that now. But it's kind of dug itself in pretty deep, you know?

Aaaand I don't know which lord you're talking about, but, uh... [His tone becomes ever so slightly less indifferent.] Yeah. Repentance sounds like a pretty good thing right about now.

voice, private;

[in_praetego]

[ Oh hey, something they have in common. ]

No... I really can't blame you for that. It'll be hard to undo something you've had ingrained in you for a while.

[ And there's a pause as he collects his words. ]

I didn't think Catholicism would be that far spread, really... but the Lord I've mentioned is what we call our god. Repentance comes from the person. If they're willing to change their ways and make amends for their sins, they'll always be forgiven. As for how... it'll be up to you.

voice, private;

[cawsforalarm]

Up to me, huh. [...Henry's just going to quietly ignore the part about 'Catholicism' or whatever Yukio's religion is called, because that is a whole 'nother can of worms that he really doesn't want or need to deal with yet.]

[He wasn't really that invested, one way or another. But even so, when someone summons your principal deity and it turns out to be a rampaging beast of destruction, that kind of shakes you up a bit.]

...'kay, I'll... think it over some more, I guess.

[Awkward smile?]

Thanks.

voice, private;

[in_praetego]

[ There's a nod in response to that question. He's no priest, not in the least. It just comes with being raised by one after all. But religion isn't for everyone, he knows that. But he's just imparting what he's been taught. ]

Sure.

[ You can practically hear the smile back. ]

I hope I was able to help, at least.