Spoiled by Eight Uncles

At last, Lilly shook her head honestly.

"I don't know if you were right or wrong, and I don't know why those people did so many bad things but still had the protection of the gods."

"I'll tell you if I get an answer."

Jessie stared at Lilly for a long time, nodding at last.

"Alright.I'll wait for you, then.Tell me when you've found an answer!"

Lilly nodded, her hands clasped together.Yet one hand was chubby and pink, the other was thin and pale...

The sun was about to rise.

Blake looked at the ocean.

"We should head back."

Lilly put all the ghosts back into the spirit jar, along with Jessie and her doll.

On the way home, Lilly cracked a yawn as she lay on Blake's shoulder.She wasn't tired, however, staring blankly into space.

Blake asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Lilly asked, "Dad, did Jessie do the right thing?"

Blake fell silent for a while.

"Jessie's tragedy was rooted in the culture and traditions of her people.It was rooted in her mother, and those people whose hearts were not in the right place."

"Stopping evil with evil...who's to say if that's right or not.Dad doesn’t have an answer to that for you, either."

Judgment was not as simple as just right or wrong.

That was why the Ruler of Hell existed— to see if one had lived a life of good deeds or evil ones.He was not the Ruler of Hell, and could not say if this was right or wrong.

Lilly lay on his shoulder, cracking another yawn.Pablo floated next to them.

"If you were to judge these acts separately, Jessie's mother, and those people were wrong.Jessie was wrong too, though."

"Those people were wrong to be foolish, overly-superstitious."

"Jessie was wrong to kill blindly.Out of the hundreds of people she set fire to, the real culprits could only have been just a few of them— but she killed everyone."Being able to kill hundreds of people as a child was probably a feat that few were capable of.

"But if you put them all together, everything happened for a reason, and karma took its course.Jessie and Mindy had been living a simple, peaceful life, but the drum-makers wreaked tragedy upon them and caused Jessie's violence.Jessie might have killed those hundreds of people, but it would be more appropriate to say that it was her and those few people behind the drum that killed everyone."

"After all, Jessie's killing spree would never have happened if they had not committed an evil deed to begin with."

Of course, there was also the debate over the fact that Jessie would not have been able to kill all those people had she not had an aggressive nature.It all depended on who was saying these things.

Everyone had their own take on things.

Those innocent people who died had their own Ma and Mindy, as well as their own fathers and brothers.

they supposed to resent, then?

been tired at first, but found herself getting sleepy listening to her Master ramble on.Her

Pablo: ...

being all-knowing now? Asking him for

talked too much when she didn't need him! Ha! Women! Pablo's figure slowly

still watching

back to the hotel before Bettany

rescued woke up in a daze when the sun rose, unclear what

park resumed its usual hustle and bustle

asleep.She called out for her to wake up, only for her to turn over without even

The old lady smiled.

well

like a

at a soundly sleeping

this happening, then? Did you bring her out hunting for spirits last

looked right

"No way!"

Bettany stared right back.

"Hmm?"

out through his

all because the birthday party ended so

attacked for

to throw Lilly a birthday party, and it was Blake again who was throwing Anthony under the bus! Anthony was annoyed, but still said, "Let the kid sleep for a little

for training Lilly all night! Blake

the rich bigshot, always so

men argue while covering for

those old ladies who refused to leave things as they were! She was just worried, and had

could not take their

enough! Don't

the

out, all

bait happily, slipping out at once.He was going to check on the amusement

they'd get Lilly playing in there all

wouldn't look good if it

room fell

over, her limbs starfished on the

was nighttime, and was starving by the time she

drop of a

peaceful and quiet, and Lilly had

amusement park, and Hannah wanted to go on the

Bettany said, "No way!"

go

said, "Don't even think

thought to herself: Thank goodness

would never

Lilly asked curiously, "Grandma, why can't children play on

says they'll toss