Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors, cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.
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As kids we idolize Heroes.... Growing up, we realize Villains made more sense. And maturing we realize that both are too shallow to truly satisfy our human nature, volatile and always in need of changing.
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