Prologue: White Darkness


You don't know. You don't know me. You don't understand. You don't understand me. Why, then, do you judge me? Why do you judge me before you know me?

Evil. I use it to describe myself. It's so much easier than telling my whole story to anyone who asks who I am. Most people will come to the conclusion that I am evil, anyway, after I explain. As for those that would not come to that conclusion... they will not believe me when I say I am evil in the first place, because maybe they understand, or can at least begin to comprehend. They do not judge.

I don't think there is such a thing as evil. Evil is just a perception, the way someone sees something - or someone - from their perspective, and a judgment that they make on that perception. Those that call me - or anyone else - evil cannot see all angles of the situation. Or maybe they can see all of the angles, but they ignore some, or they misinterpret them. Those that see evil look only at what was done, not the reasons behind the action. For it is the reasons that people do things, rather than what is done, that is truly important.

I will not bother asking you to reserve judgment on me - that would be asking the impossible. Humans have a natural tendency to judge and label; it helps us to keep our thoughts organized. However, I do ask that you do not judge me before you understand, before you hear me, before you know me. Before you know my story.

I, too, am a person. Even if I am the only one who realizes this, I know it is true. And every person has a story...