[She says sentience; but he hears that's what souls are for. He might be damned, but - he's still got that. And so does Hannibal, as it happens. So many people have believed in things they made up for him to be, but so few people have believed in him - the other shards turning away from him at Hearst castle still stings, even though he knows they were manipulated by Okoya as much as he was, worse. Even though he failed them first.]
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thanks, iris. it means a lot.