Regret is ultimately rather useless. I do not hold that it is necessary in order to learn from one’s mistakes: all that is required for that is to objectively examine one’s actions and evaluate which were advantageous and which were not. This does not require any emotional interpretation. I move through the sitting room into the kitchen and very carefully scrub the blood and hair from my tyre-iron without removing my gloves. I can see Adrian’s foot protruding past the sofa. Blue socks with purple trousers. A grave error on his part – though not the reason that I killed him.
Author notes
"To be ashamed of one's immorality - that is a step on the ladder at the end of which one is ashamed of one's morality" - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Wow. This was great. I can tell you are very talented when it comes to writing. Either that or you just know what you are doing. xD
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Very good for such a short piece!
Well done indeed! =)
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Interesting!
i liked this, though short it said a lot which says a lot about your writing skills!
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Thats a pretty good start. For such a short piece, you did a good job describing it. I agree that regret is useless.
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Interesting...not a bad beginning. These 100-word stories are difficult.
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hehe! that's why i would have killed him! i really liked the dark, twisted bit of humor at the end. excellent job with such a short bit of writting!
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