"I mean, some cases are a little easier than others."
But she's generally right, is the other half of that statement. And he, in particular, has no idea what he was shooting for, other than... however he is now. Which doesn't necessarily feel like much of an accomplishment, most days.
"No. There's no rules because everybody is different. I - "
He stops, shuts his mouth almost audibly. Chews on something internally for a long moment before he admits, very quietly, "I saw a lot of people graduate, and I didn't know why. I guess maybe that is how it works. We're not always better people at the end of it."
He... thinks he must be like those people, whose graduations felt so unfair. Figures.
"But some people are," he adds, and he means it. "Some people work really hard and they deserve every ounce of freedom. And more. It's why I won't ask him for anything. Part of why. But a big part of why. Inmates aren't just ways to get what I want. That's a shitty way to think of them, and I won't do it. I won't make anyone feel that way."
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But she's generally right, is the other half of that statement. And he, in particular, has no idea what he was shooting for, other than... however he is now. Which doesn't necessarily feel like much of an accomplishment, most days.
"No. There's no rules because everybody is different. I - "
He stops, shuts his mouth almost audibly. Chews on something internally for a long moment before he admits, very quietly, "I saw a lot of people graduate, and I didn't know why. I guess maybe that is how it works. We're not always better people at the end of it."
He... thinks he must be like those people, whose graduations felt so unfair. Figures.
"But some people are," he adds, and he means it. "Some people work really hard and they deserve every ounce of freedom. And more. It's why I won't ask him for anything. Part of why. But a big part of why. Inmates aren't just ways to get what I want. That's a shitty way to think of them, and I won't do it. I won't make anyone feel that way."