"I can help you escape the area, but I doubt anything I could do could help you with the pain and guilt of taking a life." Justin jumped down beside her. "That's something you'll have to figure out on your own. I can tell you a story though. I remember the first time I killed a Blade. I was trying to leave the island with my parents and got caught. I guess they detected my powers. The bridge was built on the edge of a cliff, and when I got angry and tried to throw him into the water. He instead landed too close and hit the rocks at the bottom of the cliff. It was the last time I saw my parents, and all I can really remember of them in that moment was their horror that I had used my powers to kill someone. I ran away, believing that they hated me. It wasn't until I met another Outcast that took care of me that I found someone else who cared about me."
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Philip pored some of the liquid in the bottle over the wound, then handed the bottle to the wounded man. "For the pain." he said, then threaded a needle and put on latex gloves. As he stitched up the wound, he asked the man, "so, I take it you're the one that caused the explosion?"