\> > > torturer is walking in the woods > > > > > > the woods is beautiful and torturer wants to experience this beauty > > > > > > but his expert skill is torture :/ so the woods is not very safe with > > > him walking through it. > > > > > > he habitually thinks of ways of doing things that utilize extreme > > > suffering of other beings. > > > > > > [unsure whether to skip cut to torturer buying carton of milk by > > > sadistically coercing passersby > > > > this is actually harder for torturer's friends and acquaintances than > > it is for torturer > > > > what is hard for torturer is leveling and talking about it which > > involves processing his own experiences > > > > but the business has been through a lot now. they have tools for > > processing these things. > > > > they know > > (a) that torturer's skillset is still useful if they can reach the > > people needing and valuing it in legal and moral situations > > (b) that torturer can recover or change if he desires, and learn a new > > skillset [especially if human enhancement training is used > > (c) that there are ways of holding, processing, and moving beyond > > torturer's experiences of torture that stimulate his behavior > (d) that these behaviors do not make torturer himself inherently evil; > that he has a self and a soul underneath his training/torture-based > programming
<torturer is happily enjoying the words, whistling while ripping things to shreds--capturing anima--
