in a different perspective,
i may understand that you are doing this
not to disrupt me, to curse me with complications,
but you believe in reconciliations,
you believe in the 'greater good'.
i am sorry. if that was a possibility,
it would have been.
my resolve is adamant for a reason.
many reasons.
it is not from my stubbornness,
or from my own destructiveness,
or from my ego alone.
it is exactly as i state.
that line you do not cross, if they were family.
they can, and have suppressed their conscience long since.
i will not tolerate this.
understand that subtle evil is not always actualized.
unless you scold and pry until they cry their heart out.
but their reasons are self-serving in the end.
and they disrespect you by gaslighting until then.
one already knows the future as their character and values are
recognized.
you avoid something like this.