Cruelty

My appointment with my therapist was just me raging about how awful people are. How bad at math, science and logistics they are. How indifferent and arrogant. How cruel.

I couldn’t possibly be affected by this, they say. It’s just them.

US.

Follow a boy with candy or a man jogging, shoot him dead and go on about your day as if you did nothing more than slap a mosquito. Kneel on a man’s neck, and let your face relax as if in meditation. Try to get a man killed because you don’t want to leash your dog.

“It's just that he does not seem to understand that cruelty is possible, with us.” - N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky