[He looks to the ocean now, and when he speaks, his voice is quiet and deliberate, like he's carefully choosing his words.]
Michael and I have always had difficulties, going back to shortly after our creation, so it came as little surprise. Despite the various universes from which we come, who we fundamentally are remains.
[He pauses to gather his thoughts, then continues.]
He became jealous and petty, which was a side of him that I have never seen. He was deliberately hurtful to those who caused him no harm. And it was clear to me that he and John would eventually come into conflict. Michael was becoming unstable, or so it seemed to me, and each day the likelihood increased that he would harm someone. Not the individuals that were trying to kill John and I, those he seemed rather inexplicably fond of, but others. Humans.
It was sudden, so abrupt there were no signs. One moment he was the brother I had come to know, and the next it was like he'd been replaced by someone else. Perhaps the shift to that reality unsettled him. Or perhaps he inadvertently fond his way through the door. I cannot say for certain, but I know that he changed.
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Date: 2009-09-10 11:47 am (UTC)Michael and I have always had difficulties, going back to shortly after our creation, so it came as little surprise. Despite the various universes from which we come, who we fundamentally are remains.
[He pauses to gather his thoughts, then continues.]
He became jealous and petty, which was a side of him that I have never seen. He was deliberately hurtful to those who caused him no harm. And it was clear to me that he and John would eventually come into conflict. Michael was becoming unstable, or so it seemed to me, and each day the likelihood increased that he would harm someone. Not the individuals that were trying to kill John and I, those he seemed rather inexplicably fond of, but others. Humans.
It was sudden, so abrupt there were no signs. One moment he was the brother I had come to know, and the next it was like he'd been replaced by someone else. Perhaps the shift to that reality unsettled him. Or perhaps he inadvertently fond his way through the door. I cannot say for certain, but I know that he changed.