Bubbles watched Zeo closely and knew she had to respond."Zeo, I believe you have totally misunderstood the precept of Judge not lest ye be judged. That is an injunction against hypocrisy, not judging a person. You are not supposed to be judgmental against someone when you yourself are not living by the precept you are judging that person to have broken. The only way we would be guilty of judging lest we be judged is if we were going around accosting and raping people ourselves. If you are going to bring up that biblical injunction then you know very well that the bible is very clear that mankind *is* to judge wrongdoers." She looked at Zeo levelly and her calm gaze hardened a bit.
"But know this. I will not let this man get away with mere what Tommy has already done to him. If we simply let him go then the pain and suffering and perhaps the blood of his future victims is on *our* hands, for not stopping when we could have." She looked back at the angry and defiant man. "If nothing else I will plant an injunction in his head. When so ever he tries to harm another woman, or even thinks about it, he will suffer paroxysms of agony. And only by never harming, or thinking of harming, women in any way can he avoid the pain." Her eyes were cold and hard. "But this, at the very least, I will do."
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: It was pretty clear to Cole and the others
: that Zeo's attackers would have to pay,
: and the mentalist could see the valid
: points in the arguments for and against
: letting them live but he presented Zeo
: with another alternative. "Zeo, if
: you want to really make them pay then why
: don't you use this." With that Cole
: unties the small pouch attatched to his
: belt and presents it to her.
: "You can use my Mind Gem to make them
: feel a world of pain telepathically
: without really killing them. Hopefully
: that would serve as a harsh reminder to
: them should they even dare to think of
: assualting another woman. Or if you want,
: you could use it to telekinetically break
: every bone in their body. Personally,
: wasn't willing to go that far when the
: fight first started, but that's just
: me." Opening the pouch a little more
: the blue glow of the Mind Gem eminated
: from within as Cole waited to see what Zeo
: would decide to do.
: : *Man, where's SJR and her Supreme Lumber
: when you need her?* Zeo thought briefly,
: looking from Cole to Bubbles to Tommy and
: back.
: *Okay, so I've got options...let Tommy kill
: him, Bubbles turn him into a mindless
: drone, Cole cause him mucho pain real or
: imaginary, or just...let him go.* She
: clutched her hands together, tugging a bit
: on the silver fabric of her gloves.
: She felt...cold. Icy inside, like all the
: heat had drained out of her. She rubbed
: her arms, which had suddenly broken out in
: gooseflesh. While she saw the merits of
: all plans, she didn't know if she could
: pass judgement on this man.
: "Who am I after all," she
: whispered, "but another human walking
: this fragile globe. It is not for me to
: judge, lest I be judged in kind."
: But an even larger rule loomed in her
: mind, and she continued, "An ye harm
: none, do what ye will, but know this:
: whatever ye do shall be returned
: threefold." Well, technically, the
: goon hadn't harmed her...but he and his
: friends had planned to. And while she
: didn't want to see him dead, and she
: didn't particulary want him following her
: around day and night...she wanted him to
: pay. She wanted him to remember this day,
: the price of his actions...
: "Cole," she finally decided,
: "how strong is that MindGem? Is
: there a way we could make him experience
: everything his victims experienced, from
: their point of view? I think if he went
: through that, he might not be so keen on
: hurting any more women." *It'd be
: even better,* she thought coldly, *if we
: could make it so he felt every pain he
: ever inflicted on another creature, but
: that's a little too far for today.*
: ((okay, so Zeo's having a little crisis of
: faith...her author's been having one for
: three years now, it was bound to show up))
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