Re: Bruce/Ra's
[Cursor blink.] There are other choices, Ra's. Your view is limited. It always has been, for as long as I've known you.
Each corpse leaves behind a life. Family, friends, loved ones. All that they were, all that they could be, gone. You may think the world feels lighter, but in truth the emptiness weighs heavier than you could imagine. Loss not fleeting, nor is it temporary. It lingers.
I don't intend to claim that humans are devoid of instinct. But we are more than that. We are capable of rising above selfishness. No one, least of all you, is without flaws or imperfections. What sets humanity apart are those who fight to be better despite how easy it would be to do nothing at all, or give in to their own individual desires.
[...] The looters do not represent the entirety of humanity. Focusing on the bad and ignoring the good is sheer ignorance.
No. People who have hope do that. I will catch you, and you'll never have the opportunity to attempt such devastation again.