A truth that many people can't seem to wrap their heads around is the idea that the world doesn't revolve around them.
That they may be the protagonist in their own story, but they are also side characters in someone else's.
Or in some cases, they are the antagonist that someone else will overcome.
—The thoughts of a man who lived long enough to see himself become the villain and back again.
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While Zhen Liu understood that any of the people he fought had a chance to grow stronger than they were in previous attempts, a small teeny tiny part of him thought that the trauma of a kaijin-branded ass whooping would cause them to stop in their tracks at worst, or maybe help them turn over a new leaf.
While he wasn't entirely sure that was the case with all of his previous encounters, he did know that some of the people he traumatized ended up going for more honest lines of work and developed new hobbies or love interests.
