"Its not a literal poison," Red Son said, writing down notes as he looks at the readings of the machine. "Sun Wukong may be able to help. Its hard to say. I've never heard stories of him being afraid of his power, and its-" He hesitates.
Pen tapping on the paper. Ugh. This would mean being vulnerable and he hates that thought.
But.
But if the scenario happened where he is allowed his friends and his family without conflict, he should commit, should he not?
"Its different, being powerful, and being afraid of your power. It means when you use the power, you don't have control of it. You can't stop it. And then you have to either be more afraid, or find a way to be okay in that lack of control, and that is where the poison starts to spread. You let the power control you. Let it take you how it will. Let the rush be all you wish to pursue," he said. "You become the wild fire and you do everything you can to maintain it. The easiest way to maintain the Samadhi Fire in that state was to hurt myself, and the rush of it all made it so I didn't care once I started going. I hated being afraid of it, hated feeling bad for when it hurt people I cared about, so I kept going until they took it away."
He adjusts a few dials. "Very different from how the Dragon Girl is with the fire now, isn't it? Because I made sure she wasn't afraid of it. Respect the danger of it, to be aware, but not afraid."
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Pen tapping on the paper. Ugh. This would mean being vulnerable and he hates that thought.
But.
But if the scenario happened where he is allowed his friends and his family without conflict, he should commit, should he not?
"Its different, being powerful, and being afraid of your power. It means when you use the power, you don't have control of it. You can't stop it. And then you have to either be more afraid, or find a way to be okay in that lack of control, and that is where the poison starts to spread. You let the power control you. Let it take you how it will. Let the rush be all you wish to pursue," he said. "You become the wild fire and you do everything you can to maintain it. The easiest way to maintain the Samadhi Fire in that state was to hurt myself, and the rush of it all made it so I didn't care once I started going. I hated being afraid of it, hated feeling bad for when it hurt people I cared about, so I kept going until they took it away."
He adjusts a few dials. "Very different from how the Dragon Girl is with the fire now, isn't it? Because I made sure she wasn't afraid of it. Respect the danger of it, to be aware, but not afraid."