Stephen doesn’t stare at him like a bug under a glass, or try to feel around inside him like some magical MRI.
Instead he just looks between them both—first Ronan as he leans forward, then Kylo. Frightened, volatile monsters who have been made that way through the experiences of life, the acts of others, and the lack of faith that monsters are doomed to creating only pain and suffering—both their own and others.
To Stephen, there is so much more available than that.
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Stephen doesn’t stare at him like a bug under a glass, or try to feel around inside him like some magical MRI.
Instead he just looks between them both—first Ronan as he leans forward, then Kylo. Frightened, volatile monsters who have been made that way through the experiences of life, the acts of others, and the lack of faith that monsters are doomed to creating only pain and suffering—both their own and others.
To Stephen, there is so much more available than that.
“Because neither of you actually wants to do it.”