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[Tobias has mostly been keeping to himself, his studies, and his family lately. With everything that's happened, he's really just wanted to introvert for a bit -- at least as much as he can with the people he cares about. But all this time, a question has been nagging at him. Bothering him. He's certainly not the naive child he was before, but some things he simply can't seem to understand.

Which is why he's turned to Garden for help.]

What makes a bad person "bad?" Is it when they hurt someone? Or destroy something? Or is just thinking about doing that enough to be bad?

And... why do bad people do those bad things?

[And yet, amidst this, there's something else on his mind.]

[PM to Marco]

Hey Dad? Why don't you and Mom have an egg?

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I think that depends on different circumstances kiddo. Like when, where, how, and why they hurt someone.

Accidents don't count. And even being tricked can be forgiven.

- Marco

What do you mean? What kind of egg?

I'm just really confused about all of it. How do I know if I'm supposed to think of someone as "bad?" Or to not?

I remember Espio saying that I trusted people too easy and I was too forgiving. [There's a pause before the rest of the words.] I don't know why it's bothering me now. But it is.

Edited 2012-12-02 19:54 (UTC)

An egg for a baby. Are there other kinds?

Everyone's capable of being bad and doing bad things, and hurting other people. It's generally selfishness or ignorance, but there could be all sorts of reasons behind it. It doesn't necessarily make them a bad person, just that their actions are bad.

That said, there are some people who willfully cause others suffering for no good reason. Perhaps they want to exert their power over others and see others fear and hate them. Other people's lives and well-being are a toys to them.

Why are they like that? Is it just that they are? Or is there a reason for it?

Okay how do you think your pikachu decide if someone is bad or not?

And I think Espio just means that if someone hurts you, you shouldn't always assume you deserve it. It's complicated.

[The second post comes only a minute later.]

And... what if they didn't mean it?

A baby what exactly?

And there are eggs for cooking.

I don't know. She either tolerates them or growls at them, but I can't really tell why.

I don't think I deserve it from everyone anymore. But you and Espio and Mom are family.

My brother or sister?

[Yeah, he just went there.]

Oh, you mean those.

The people I am thinking of are incapable of regret. They see harming others as an achievement. They just want to show what they're capable of, and show their power. To them, the only thing that matters are themselves - even their family or their so-called friends mean nothing to them when it comes down to it.

If the person didn't mean it, or they regret it, or they try to redeem themselves, did it to help their families... they are just as capable of doing good as they are bad. They're hardly evil.

I guess we can call that "instinct" then.

You don't deserve to get hurt by us either kiddo. Especially since being your family means we want to protect you that much more.

There really are people like that?

[He didn't want to think of it. Really not. But the second part... well, that comforts him some.]

That's good.

That's how Pokemon do things a lot.

If I didn't deserve it, why would you do it? You're my family. You wouldn't do something like that for no reason.

[Of course that's the kind he meant.]

[All the mental sobs.]

[This is what he gets for adopting a son who was already pretty grown up. Only Marco's father lucked out! Marco's Pops didn't have to explain these things!]

Unfortunately, yes.

Most villains are really just nuisances rather than evil - comes with it being like a career choice, it attracts wannabes who can't really hack it - but there are some really nasty people out there.

[Of course that meant Marco had a pretty screwed up education when he did learn things. Not that being a pirate surrounded by 1600 brothers and nurses wearing pink and leopard print helped.]

[It takes a while for this post to come in.]

Why would anyone want to be evil?

[And gosh darn it! He was going to do better by his own son!!]

[Just as soon as he figured out how to do that.]

Reputation. To show off. Same reason there's a bunch of wannabe heroes, weirdly enough.

~~Go ask your mother.~~

[OKAY NO. He won't say that. He does briefly type it out though! And instantly delete.]

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