[he sees the line, how blurred it is between the stone zombies, and themselves. how quick they all were to jump on Chuuta, their accusations the stones in their own hands. how easily they were manipulated by Boa's lies.
as the first few hits rain down, he doesn't look away. he only flinches and closes his eyes when he sees that rock going for Boa's eye. they'd thrown rocks, before.
he'd been exultant about it.
"ROCK WAR".
his own words ring in his head as Tal brings that other blow down on Boa's collarbone. he's got no reason to hold himself higher than Boa. they could have killed Henry Bowers. they could have killed Belch Huggins, or Victor Criss. they just wanted to defend themselves. they just wanted to survive.
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[he sees the line, how blurred it is between the stone zombies, and themselves. how quick they all were to jump on Chuuta, their accusations the stones in their own hands. how easily they were manipulated by Boa's lies.
as the first few hits rain down, he doesn't look away. he only flinches and closes his eyes when he sees that rock going for Boa's eye. they'd thrown rocks, before.
he'd been exultant about it.
"ROCK WAR".
his own words ring in his head as Tal brings that other blow down on Boa's collarbone. he's got no reason to hold himself higher than Boa. they could have killed Henry Bowers. they could have killed Belch Huggins, or Victor Criss. they just wanted to defend themselves. they just wanted to survive.
and then Ren turns, and ... and he knows it.
he knows the anomaly.
they aren't turning into monsters.
they already are.]