- The Prouds 286
Jarvis dropped dead on the ground covered in
blood. Genos approached him, turned wild, and raised its
forearms neighing loudly while tears were falling from its
eyes. Then it moved its head close to him and started
moving him but he did not respond, and some of his blood
came on it. It kept doing so over and over again.
When Hammond saw Genos crying painfully for
Jarvis, he felt that he was the biggest traitor in the universe.
For how could an animal be more loyal to his brother than
he was?
He kneeled down and shouted, “My brother!”
Then he started crawling toward his brother, and
then he shook him. “Answer me, Jarvis.”
But Jarvis did not answer.
How could I kill my brother with my own two
hands? Hammond thought.
He was overwhelmed by remorse which was like
fire eating his heart, and there was nothing to put out that
fire except revenge. He entered the realm of remorse and
became the most remorseful person in it. The cuffs of
remorse tied up his hands and legs. The chains of remorse
tied up his arms and thighs. Those cuffs and chains
prevented him from doing anything. He hated everything.
Killing could not be undone. You cannot bring someone
who is killed back to life. But the pain caused by killing
him can be alleviated by revenge from those who caused
his death. Therefore, he was determined to kill Florrie.
His pain was aggravated further by the fact that
Jarvis tried to leave without killing any of them although he
was able to.