[he frowns back! and it looks like he's debating something, before he just... sighs.]
I was the Emperor's right hand man. I did everything he asked me to even when I knew it felt wrong. And because I did, he almost got away with killing everyone in our realm. That's why I'm here.
Dude, no. You're sixteen. The Emperor sounds like a fucking tyrant and if I know anything from the, like, tropes I've heard my otaku friends talking about, when someone in power makes a teenager their right-hand man, there's usually a lot of brainwashing and/or manipulation involved. That shit's on him, not on you.
[he crosses his arms.]
I've gotten to know you since we've been stuck here together. The person you are, yourself? You do not deserve to be in hell.
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That might be true for a lot of you. But... not for everybody. There's a pretty good reason why some of us wound up here.
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[he frowns.]
You're way too hard on yourself sometimes.
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[he frowns back! and it looks like he's debating something, before he just... sighs.]
I was the Emperor's right hand man. I did everything he asked me to even when I knew it felt wrong. And because I did, he almost got away with killing everyone in our realm. That's why I'm here.
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[he crosses his arms.]
I've gotten to know you since we've been stuck here together. The person you are, yourself? You do not deserve to be in hell.