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Wisteria + Hayden

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A/N: I find the quote funny on its own, but my mind didn't go funny. I could have gone with the meta answer I have for the question, and a part of it is in this, I suppose, but Hayden wanted to be dark and bitter, so I let him.

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“Why is it always the children?” Wisteria asked, not looking up as she combed through her brother's hair. Kasper slept on, unaware of her actions, his sleep that of the innocent, something Hayden knew neither of them were, not anymore. “Why are they always the ones who have to suffer? The ones who have some great place in a horrible scheme they have no hope of countering?”

Hayden knew she didn't want an actual answer to that. She wasn't asking him to give her the truths they already knew. She wasn't asking for comfort. She knew he had none to give. Their situation was past hope, and they both knew it.

She knew what she'd condemned this world to, and he knew what the world was now, and they both knew it was screwed.

“Children are easier targets. Some people try and tell them that they're the future. They can be anything, everything. Their potential is limitless,” Hayden said. “The reality is that they're vulnerable. Weak. Someone that can be used or exploited, someone willing to believe those lies about being anything or everything and saving the world. Adults, they know better. They know that's not possible. They're too smart to fall for those lies. No, it has to be a child. A child is not only stupid enough to believe, but they're easier to stop before they even start.”

Wisteria looked up at him. “How did he do it? How did he... destroy that much of you, twist you into something this bitter?”

“You already know the answer to that,” Hayden said. He killed you.