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Killing people wasn't ideal but it was the first time he wasn't trying to make them all love him.
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It felt nice to just shoot them and not worry about whether or not it made them happy.

Flattery is addictive. Convince others they are special. Assure them they have talent. Make yourself the source of people's self worth. Doing so binds them to you and it preempts them from developing their skills and proving their true potential.

A happy past cripples people. They cling to it with nowhere better to go. Nothing to improve upon.

He was tired of learning history. He wanted to be it. Charlie wanted the history of the future to be him.