I mean, one definition of the word 'lose' is to 'cease to have' so...
[ Tapping her chin thoughtfully. ]
Okay, so saying I lost my emotions back after the very first betrayal. I was young, I was afraid, I'd just sort of set a village on fire after being run out of it.
[ She is genuinely thinking on this. ]
I probably would have run around as whatever I felt like all the time, become the actual monster they claimed I was, never tried to make any friends, never trying to be accepted. Wouldn't have cared who I hurt, or what I destroyed.
[ Nimona points at the screen. ]
Maybe that doesn't sound too bad to you, but remember, you aren't only looking out for yourself. You have your people to consider, to look after their well-being. I didn't have anything like that. I would have only cared about myself. Thought about what is best for me alone. So anyone and everyone would have been a target.
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[ Tapping her chin thoughtfully. ]
Okay, so saying I lost my emotions back after the very first betrayal. I was young, I was afraid, I'd just sort of set a village on fire after being run out of it.
[ She is genuinely thinking on this. ]
I probably would have run around as whatever I felt like all the time, become the actual monster they claimed I was, never tried to make any friends, never trying to be accepted. Wouldn't have cared who I hurt, or what I destroyed.
[ Nimona points at the screen. ]
Maybe that doesn't sound too bad to you, but remember, you aren't only looking out for yourself. You have your people to consider, to look after their well-being. I didn't have anything like that. I would have only cared about myself. Thought about what is best for me alone. So anyone and everyone would have been a target.