“With violent men, it’s best to let them burn themselves out. Before long they’ll be reduced to a shadow of themselves, leaving their victims nothing to fear but the memories of yesteryear.

It’s a shame the same can’t be said about the cruel.

The cruel ones don’t burn out. Their rage doesn’t eat them from the inside. Nor does it explode. The cruel are preserved. They’re pickled by their evils.

The angry ones diminish with time. The cruel are emboldened by it.”

- Selected excerpts from The Fall of Alesia by The Wandering Scribe.