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Monster

That's what they called him.
Behind his back. Around him like he wasn't there. To his face with hate in their eyes.

That's what they treated him like.
Some were afraid of him. Most of them hated him. They beat him. Called him names. Spit on him. Ran away from him. But the worst was when they ignored him, like he wasn't even worth looking at. At least with the beatings he knew he was noticed.. knew he was alive.

That's how they saw him.
Whisker marks. A constant reminder. He didn't understand why. When he looked in the mirror he didn't think he looked any different than them.

Was he a demon

Is he the monster?

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Monster

That's what they called him too.
His only friend in the darkness. The little kit had thought he was too at first. Said he looked scary like one, with those big teeth and red eyes. But he was nice to him, the only one who was and the kit didn't see him as a monster anymore.

That's how they saw him.
Full of hate. Soulless. Didn't care about anything but destruction and power. They were wrong. He didn't hate them at the time. His mind hadn't been under his control in the attack. He cared about his kit. He looked after him. Comforted him when he was down. Healed him when he was hurt. Talked to him when no one else would. He didn't hate humanity until he saw what it was capable of doing to one of it's own. And if he was soulless then why did it hurt so much to see his kit hurt because of him.

He was a demon

But is he the monster?

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Monsters

That's what he called them.
Not to their faces, never to their faces. Only in his mind, only to his only friend.

That's how they acted.
Mean faces who called him mean names. Beat him. Scorned him. Hated him for a reason he didn't know. Most of the times he saw them in the dark, big scary shadows who hurt him. It was worse in the day time, then the monsters looked like him. They looked like regular people.

That's how he saw them.
Big. Scary. Strong. And they came at him in groups even though they knew he was defenseless. His small form no match to theirs.

They weren't demons.

But are they the monsters?

Thank you for reading.