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chapter 28: the villain of Pain

  Chapter 28: The Villain of Pain

  A shadow crept over the city, unseen yet suffocating. The name Thaumiel was whispered like a curse—a ghostly enigma wrapped in terror. Unlike the brute-force destruction of Plague Doctor, the sadistic games of Junko Gacy, or the cold efficiency of Mika, Thaumiel’s approach was different. He did not break bones; he shattered minds. His Psychological Mind Breaker Catalyst was a weapon unlike any other, turning reality itself into a waking nightmare.

  Thaumiel thrived on control, on reducing the strongest warriors into fragile, trembling wrecks. His hallucinatory powers were not mere illusions—they were physical, tangible, crafted with such precision that the brain had no choice but to believe. He could make a man feel like his skin was peeling off, that his loved ones were rotting before his very eyes, or that he was drowning in an ocean of his own blood. It wasn’t magic. It wasn’t even science. It was a force of nature, an assault on the very concept of sanity.

  He had once been a man. A man who believed in nothing. A true nihilist. To Thaumiel, suffering had no meaning, life had no value, and existence itself was just an ugly joke. He had been recruited into the same terrorist faction as Plague Doctor, Mika, and Junko Gacy—not for brute strength or combat ability, but because he could twist and unravel the human psyche with a whisper.

  His victims never screamed—at least, not at first. He preferred the slow collapse, the slow erosion of a person’s identity. The first crack was disbelief—hallucinations of flickering shadows, distorted voices, whispers of long-dead family members calling from the abyss. Then came the second stage—physical torment. Their hands would feel like they were splitting open, their bones would crack under pressure that wasn’t even real. They would vomit blood that wasn’t there, beg for mercy from monsters that existed only in their minds.

  And then, the final stage—their willpower shattered beyond repair. Many of Thaumiel’s victims did not die in battle; they took their own lives, unable to escape the eternal nightmare he had woven into their souls.

  It was this brutality that made him a legend among villains. Even heroes feared him. Even the unbreakable had been turned to dust in his wake.

  Thaumiel never needed to raise a hand. He never needed to fight. His words, his whispers, his carefully placed horrors did all the work for him. He was the villain of pain, the devourer of hope, the architect of despair. And now, he had set his sights on the world’s strongest heroes.

  Because to him, it wasn’t about winning or losing.

  It was about watching them break.

  Among his countless atrocities, one of his most infamous acts involved a woman named Elara, a well-respected hero-in-training with a promising future. Thaumiel had no vendetta against her, no personal reason to choose her—she was merely a test subject in his endless pursuit of suffering.

  Using his Catalyst, Thaumiel implanted an artificial reality into Elara’s mind, a false life where she was trapped in an infinite time loop of despair. Every time she thought she had escaped, she would wake up at the beginning of her suffering again. He convinced her that her loved ones had abandoned her, that her hero work had been a lie, and that she was responsible for horrors she had never committed.

  As days turned into weeks, her psyche fractured. She clawed at her own skin, trying to peel away the hallucinations, but there was no escape. She begged for death, but Thaumiel ensured she lived just long enough to lose every fragment of herself.

  By the time authorities found her, she was a hollow shell, a human body devoid of a functioning mind. Her once vibrant eyes were empty, and her lips murmured nonsensical words—remnants of a shattered consciousness. She never recovered.

  Thaumiel, watching from the shadows, merely smiled.

  This was his art.

  Thaumiel was never satisfied with just breaking minds—he sought to make his victims destroy themselves. To him, the human psyche was nothing more than clay to mold, a fragile construct waiting to be dismantled piece by piece.

  Among his countless victims was a 17-year-old boy named Isaac, an aspiring hero-in-training with a kind heart and an unwavering belief in justice. He was determined, hopeful—everything Thaumiel loathed.

  Isaac became Thaumiel’s next experiment.

  Thaumiel didn’t just haunt Isaac—he became his reality.

  


      
  • He whispered voices into Isaac’s mind, voices only he could hear.


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  • He planted hallucinations of twisted creatures lurking in the shadows, making Isaac believe he was seeing demons where there were none.


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  • He made the boy wake up in different places, in different states of horror, as if he had lost control of his own body.


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  Isaac believed he was going insane.

  His friends distanced themselves, fearing the change in his behavior. His parents watched in horror as their once-loving son became unrecognizable, trembling, paranoid, broken. He begged for help, but no one could understand him—because the horror was all in his mind.

  Or so he thought.

  After months of torment, Thaumiel delivered the final blow. One last illusion.

  One night, Isaac awoke to find himself covered in blood.

  A corpse lay at his feet—a person he didn’t even recognize. His trembling hands clutched a bloodied knife. Panic consumed him. He couldn’t remember what had happened, but every piece of evidence told him that he had done this.

  Thaumiel’s whispers filled his mind:

  “You lost control.”

  “You’re a murderer now.”

  “They’ll lock you away forever.”

  Convinced he was beyond redemption, Isaac did the only thing he thought would stop the madness—he took his own life.

  His final thoughts were of regret, of terror, of the belief that he had been a monster all along.

  But the truth?

  Isaac had never killed anyone. The blood, the corpse, the weapon—all of it had been an illusion.

  Thaumiel had fabricated the entire event, pulling the ultimate trick:

  He made a perfectly innocent boy believe he was a murderer.

  And as Isaac’s body grew cold, Thaumiel stood above him, grinning.

  There was no need for him to kill.

  He could make his victims do it for him.

  with that issas killed himself not knowing it was the Thaumiel who did this

  The Mass Suicide – Part III

  Isaac’s death was a tragic milestone in Thaumiel’s twisted game. But it was only the beginning. The illusion had taken hold, and now, the seeds of doubt, fear, and despair were spreading like wildfire, infecting everyone who came into contact with the lies he wove. Thaumiel had tasted the sweet nectar of control, and now he wanted more. He didn’t just want to break a single soul; he wanted to break entire communities.

  A Quiet Start

  At first, it was subtle—a fleeting whisper in the minds of more and more young heroes-in-training, those who had once been filled with hope and purpose. They were impressionable, full of ambition, desperate to prove themselves in a world that demanded perfection. Thaumiel saw them as the perfect vessels for his poison.

  He began his campaign with small suggestions. A casual comment in their thoughts: "You’re not enough. You’ll never be the hero you dream of." A fleeting image of a person they loved turning their back on them. The feeling of not being good enough, not worthy of love or respect, began to take root. It was as if a shadow had settled into their hearts, constantly gnawing at them.

  The Domino Effect

  And then, Thaumiel expanded his reach. The whispers that had once been mere echoes in a single mind now resonated in the minds of many. Those who were closest to Isaac, who had witnessed his tragic end, began to hear the same voices. They heard Isaac’s final moments replaying over and over again, his desperate cries, his belief that he had murdered someone. They saw themselves standing where Isaac had stood, holding the knife, blood covering their hands. The illusion twisted their perception of reality until they were no longer able to distinguish what was real from what was not.

  They were told that their peers, their loved ones, saw them as failures, saw them as threats. No one could be trusted. The world was crumbling around them, and Thaumiel’s influence was the only thing that made sense.

  One by one, the whispers grew louder, more insistent. The weight of guilt, the crushing belief that they were broken beyond repair, drove them to the brink. They began to isolate themselves, hiding away from their friends and families, consumed by the thought that they had no place in a world that would never forgive them.

  The Tipping Point

  And then, Thaumiel pushed them over the edge.

  Through his illusions, he made them believe that their peers, their mentors, the very people who were supposed to be there for them, had already abandoned them. They were alone in their suffering, left to drown in their own despair. He convinced them that the only way to end the pain was to escape it—permanently.

  The first death was tragic, but it set the stage for the next. And then the next.

  In a matter of weeks, an entire generation of aspiring heroes was lost, each one falling prey to the cruel deception that Thaumiel had sown in their hearts. A wave of suicides swept through the hero community—young minds that had once been filled with hope, now silenced forever.

  A World in Ruin

  As the bodies piled up, Thaumiel watched from the shadows, savoring the chaos he had created. Each life lost, each shattered dream, was a testament to his power. There was no greater pleasure than seeing others destroy themselves in the name of guilt, fear, and hopelessness.

  And yet, he wasn’t finished. Thaumiel had already begun planting seeds for his next phase—a plan even more insidious than the last. The heroes that remained, those who had managed to survive the wave of suicides, would now become his true puppets. He would make them believe that the world itself had betrayed them, that justice was a lie, and that only destruction remained.

  Thaumiel’s influence spread like a plague, not just through the young, but through the entire hero community. The thought of hope, of justice, was being replaced by a deep, choking darkness. They were all part of his grand design now. Even those who had escaped the madness couldn’t escape the grip of doubt and despair.

  There was no salvation. There was no way out.

  And Thaumiel was just getting started.

  over 10,000 people dead

  Thaumiel’s nihilistic malevolence extends beyond the suffering of adults—his cruelty is boundless, his moral compass nonexistent. To him, every mind is just another fragile construct waiting to be shattered. There is no innocence, no mercy, no sanctuary from his influence.

  Thaumiel finds amusement in the corruption of purity. He doesn’t simply manipulate children—he reshapes their entire perception of reality, bending their tiny, impressionable minds into tools of their own destruction.

  


      
  • He plants horrifying thoughts into their heads, whispering that their parents hate them, that their existence is a mistake, that the only way to escape the pain is through death.


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  • He forces them to experience hallucinations of monsters under their beds, unseen terrors that whisper their worst fears, driving them to insanity.


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  • He orchestrates playground suicides, turning classrooms into crime scenes, leaving behind nurseries filled with tiny, lifeless bodies, each one a victim of his insidious whispers.


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  And when parents collapse in grief, he is watching—not with satisfaction, but with detached curiosity, as if studying a natural disaster of his own making.

  While many villains have lines they won’t cross, Thaumiel sees them as meaningless illusions. His sadism doesn’t exclude even the most defenseless beings. Newborns, infants—none are safe.

  


      
  • He has made mothers hallucinate their own babies as demons, forcing them to end their lives with their own hands.


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  • He has made entire hospital wards vanish from existence, erasing dozens of newborns from the memories of their families, leaving grieving parents searching for children that never "existed."


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  • He has left cribs empty—not because he stole the infants, but because he convinced their parents they never had children to begin with.


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  Thaumiel’s horror is not just brutality—it is a violation of reality itself. There is no closure, no justice, no understanding—only madness.

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  Thaumiel’s evil is not rooted in anger, vengeance, or even personal trauma. He does not hurt because he was hurt. He does not kill out of necessity. He does it because he can.

  Where others bring war, Thaumiel brings existential ruin.

  Where others shed blood, Thaumiel erases meaning itself.

  He is not a villain you fight. He is not a villain you stop. He is a villain you pray never finds you.

  Thaumiel’s evil is deeply rooted in his complex and layered psyche. He is a villain driven by a combination of twisted motives, a desire for power, a sadistic nature, and a profound hatred for humanity. His existence is both a manifestation of his insanity and a chilling reflection of the nihilistic philosophy that guides him. Beneath the facade of a villain who revels in the suffering he causes, there lies a strange, horrifying form of empathy—a dark empathy that makes him feel as though he is doing humanity a service by showing them the "truth."

  At the core of Thaumiel’s actions is an overwhelming thirst for power, but not in the conventional sense. He doesn’t seek power for wealth, fame, or control—his true power comes from his ability to dominate minds, to twist reality, to manipulate perceptions until they break. He doesn’t care about ruling the world as others might—his control is far more personal, more intimate. Thaumiel’s control is about destroying the minds of others. The act of breaking someone mentally, forcing them to experience an endless cascade of psychological horrors, is where he draws his power from.

  Sadism is the fuel that drives him. Every tortured scream, every fragile mind collapsing under his influence, feeds his insatiable need for destruction. To him, there is no greater satisfaction than to watch a person’s sense of self dissolve into nothingness. The very concept of pain—emotional, psychological, and existential—excites him. But his sadism is not limited to inflicting pain for the sake of pain. Thaumiel finds beauty in the breakdown. He doesn’t want his victims to simply suffer; he wants them to experience the most intimate form of agony imaginable. A break of the mind, a severing of the soul from its own identity, is the pinnacle of his cruelty. This is where his deepest sadistic pleasures lie.

  Hatred for humanity is ingrained in Thaumiel’s being. He doesn’t hate humanity because of personal loss or grievances. Rather, it is an inherent belief that humanity is weak, fragile, and inherently doomed. Thaumiel sees human beings as little more than puppets, trapped in the cycle of their own delusions and lies. The emotional and mental suffering of humanity is, to him, a form of justice—a purification. He seeks to strip away the illusion of hope, love, and purpose, exposing humanity to the grim reality of its own impermanence. For Thaumiel, humanity’s only real purpose is to suffer, and through suffering, they may finally face the truth—that nothing has meaning.

  And finally, Thaumiel’s actions are amplified by his insanity. He is fully aware of his cruelty, yet he is also consumed by his nihilistic worldview. There is no redemption for him—no turning back. His insanity is both a shield and a weapon. It gives him the ability to carry out his malevolent deeds without remorse or guilt, while simultaneously distorting his perception of reality. His fractured mind tells him that he is doing the world a service, that the suffering he causes is justified, even necessary. Thaumiel’s insanity is the ultimate source of his power and the driving force behind his unrelenting cruelty.

  What makes Thaumiel’s evil particularly terrifying is the complexity of his character. Despite being a sadistic, nihilistic force of destruction, there is an eerie sense of empathy in his actions. But this empathy is not for those he torments—it’s for the suffering itself. Thaumiel feels as though he can understand the anguish of his victims on a deep, almost spiritual level. He is not some cold, heartless monster; in his mind, he is offering a service to humanity by breaking them down. He believes that, by forcing individuals to confront the futility of their existence, he is liberating them from the illusion of hope.

  This twisted empathy gives Thaumiel a chilling depth. He doesn’t simply inflict pain out of a desire to control—he does so because he feels the suffering, and in a sickening way, it validates his view of the world. Thaumiel is a dark empath: he can sense the emotions of others, but instead of providing comfort or support, he uses this knowledge to intensify their suffering. He manipulates their fears, desires, and regrets, twisting them into grotesque reflections of their innermost selves.

  The second monster behind everything, Thaumiel operates from the shadows, unseen by most, but always pulling the strings. While other villains may cause chaos through violence, brute force, or schemes, Thaumiel’s influence is far more subtle, far more pervasive. He’s not interested in fighting battles—he’s interested in watching people break without even lifting a finger. His control is psychological, his influence a creeping infection that takes root in the minds of his victims. He is the unseen hand guiding the downfall of entire civilizations, the one who whispers in the dark corners of the mind until all hope is extinguished.

  Thaumiel represents a dark, nihilistic philosophy that cuts to the heart of existence itself. He symbolizes the truth that, in his mind, no human can escape—the utter meaninglessness of life. For him, every person’s life is a brief, insignificant flicker in the vastness of the universe, doomed to suffer and die. In Thaumiel’s worldview, humanity is not worthy of salvation. There is no higher purpose, no cosmic meaning to their struggles. He exists to strip away the false narratives humans tell themselves, to reveal the ultimate truth: that existence is futile, and that all suffering is inevitable.

  He is the living embodiment of nihilism—a force that reduces everything to dust and whispers, “It doesn’t matter.” Thaumiel's presence is the utter destruction of hope. To face him is to confront the void—the emptiness that gnaws at the very essence of being. He is the monster lurking behind every tragedy, the void behind every moment of joy. He represents the dark truth that humanity tries to deny: that there is no meaning, no purpose, only suffering.

  In its purest form, Thaumiel is a monster. Not a monster driven by vengeance, hatred, or even necessity—but a monster defined solely by the capacity for evil. His actions are unmotivated by any personal need or vendetta; rather, his evil is rooted in his very being. Thaumiel is a force of nature, an embodiment of destruction with no other purpose than to cause suffering. He is pure evil, the manifestation of existential horror in its most extreme form.

  Unlike many villains who are driven by human emotions or desires, Thaumiel’s evil is detached from these concepts. He doesn’t care about power or wealth, about fame or recognition. His only goal is to break people, to make them confront the unrelenting terror of their own minds, and to force them to destroy themselves in the process. To Thaumiel, the world is not worth saving. The human race is nothing more than a flawed creation, destined to fail. And in his mind, the most beautiful thing he can do is watch the world crumble under the weight of its own hopelessness.

  Thaumiel’s existence is a dark testament to the potential for evil within the human psyche—a force that is beyond reasoning, beyond redemption, and beyond salvation. His role in the world is not to conquer or dominate—it is to dismantle everything, piece by piece, until nothing remains but silence.

  Mika, cold, detached, and deeply nihilistic, could find a strange kinship with Thaumiel, as both are indifferent to the suffering of others. However, their approaches to life’s meaninglessness differ. While Mika views existence as an absurd accident and seeks emotional detachment, Thaumiel believes in exposing the absence of meaning by using suffering as a means to "wake" others up to the chaos of the world.

  Thaumiel:

  "Mika, do you believe in purpose? Or is it simply the randomness of existence that people fabricate in a desperate attempt to cope with the void?"

  Mika:

  "Purpose? It’s a myth. A comfort we create to avoid the truth—life is a series of meaningless events. What matters is nothing more than a fleeting moment. Nothing lasts, not even despair."

  Thaumiel:

  "Yes, we’re both aware of that. But my method is different. I don’t just acknowledge the void—I force others to witness it. Through suffering, I tear the veil of meaning from their eyes, exposing them to the cold, harsh truth. Chaos is the only reality. It is the only truth that remains once everything else is stripped away."

  Mika:

  "But is that really the answer? Inflicting suffering? What you’re doing is just prolonging the agony. The emptiness you speak of is not revealed by violence. It only reinforces the cycle of pain, and it leads nowhere—does it even matter?"

  Thaumiel:

  "It matters because I make it matter. I give them the rawness of existence, unfiltered. The struggle, the pain—it’s not meaningless. It’s the only way to see what’s real. Only when stripped of all comfort do they truly experience existence for what it is—suffering, chaos, and ultimately, nothingness."

  In this exchange, Mika presents the emptiness of existence as a passive observation, whereas Thaumiel forces his vision on others, using suffering as a means to confront them with what he sees as the "ultimate truth."

  Plague Doctor, a figure immersed in the world of decay and death, presents a stark contrast to Thaumiel. Where Thaumiel uses suffering to expose meaninglessness, Plague Doctor has a more poetic, artistic view of death and disease. Their conversation explores the intersection of death, suffering, and whether there’s beauty to be found in decay.

  Plague Doctor:

  "You see, Thaumiel, in the progression of disease, there is a sort of beauty, don’t you think? The slow dance of the body succumbing to something greater. It’s not just death, it’s a transformation, a return to the natural order."

  Thaumiel:

  "Beauty? There is no beauty in decay, only the inevitability of rot. Suffering is not a canvas, it’s a weapon. It is the mechanism that reveals the truth—humanity clings to life as if it means something, but it’s just a shell. Disease is the purging force, the revealing of the illusion of life."

  Plague Doctor:

  "But in that decay, there is something sacred, a ritual. The suffering of the body is intimate, personal. You could say it’s almost a form of grace—the body resists, then surrenders. There is a rhythm to it. Perhaps you too might come to appreciate this, Thaumiel. What if suffering could be a form of transcendence?"

  Thaumiel:

  "Transcendence is nothing more than another lie. There’s no beauty in it. Suffering is not to be revered or admired—it is simply the truth. It strips away all the layers of illusion, leaving only the raw, ugly reality. Disease doesn’t heal—it exposes. There’s no art in it, only revelation."

  Plague Doctor:

  "Yet, decay does lead to new life. Through suffering, understanding is forged. You cannot deny that there is a certain profound beauty in the inevitable."

  Thaumiel:

  "You romanticize it, but I see the truth: disease, decay, suffering—they all lead to the same end. There is no rebirth, only an endless cycle. I don’t need to see beauty in death—I need to see the void it reveals."

  Their exchange is a clash between a darkly romantic view of death as a means of transformation and Thaumiel’s brutal nihilism. Plague Doctor sees beauty in suffering, while Thaumiel sees it as nothing more than a force to expose the truth—decay, rot, and meaninglessness. Plague Doctor’s vision of death as an intimate process stands in opposition to Thaumiel’s view of suffering as a universal tool of revelation.

  Junko Gacy, the embodiment of chaotic madness and the rejection of structure, stands as Thaumiel’s greatest philosophical challenger. Where Thaumiel seeks to impose meaninglessness through control and suffering, Junko revels in the chaos of existence itself, seeing it as a form of freedom. Their dialogue is a philosophical battle between structure and chaos, control and abandon.

  Junko Gacy:

  (laughs maniacally)

  "Oh, Thaumiel, you’re so serious. So obsessed with your pathetic little philosophy. You think you can bring meaning to the void by making others suffer? That’s so boring! The world is a joke, a fucking circus, and you’re just another clown in the show!"

  Thaumiel:

  "You think this is a game? You revel in chaos because you can’t comprehend the truth. I understand the void. I shape it. I don’t indulge in its madness like you. Your so-called freedom is just another form of blindness. I tear down the illusions—that is true liberation."

  Junko Gacy:

  (grins, eyes wild)

  "You think you control anything? You’re nothing but a puppet trying to tug at the strings of existence, pretending like you’re above it all! Chaos is freedom, you fool! The world has no meaning, no structure—it’s all just an explosion of madness, and you’re just too scared to embrace it!"

  Thaumiel:

  "Scared? Of the unknown? No. I am the unknown. I understand it, and I bend it to my will. You see only chaos because you have no control over it. You’re still searching for meaning in the madness—while I have already abandoned it."

  Junko Gacy:

  (laughs louder)

  "Ha! And that’s why you’ll never be free. You’re still trying to grasp onto something that doesn’t exist! I’m already living the chaos, Thaumiel. It’s beautiful, because there’s nothing to hold onto! There’s no meaning, no rules, no purpose—just madness!"

  Thaumiel:

  (calmly, eyes cold)

  "You live in the chaos, but you are a slave to it. You need it, Junko, because you cannot bear the emptiness that comes with surrendering to it. You lack control. That’s why you dance in it, wallowing in it like a child with no understanding of what it is."

  Junko Gacy:

  (snickers)

  "Control? The only control I have is the freedom to destroy whatever I want, however I want. You think you’ve mastered nihilism? You’re just like the rest—holding onto that pathetic little illusion of power. You’re not free, you’re just scared!"

  Thaumiel:

  "I am the fear you do not understand. And in that fear, I control everything."

  Junko Gacy’s pure chaos, which he views as freedom, pushes Thaumiel to his limits. Thaumiel sees control and the stripping away of illusions as the only way to confront the void, whereas Junko embraces chaos itself, seeing it as ultimate liberation. Junko’s laughter and mocking challenge Thaumiel’s belief in his own philosophical superiority. In Junko, Thaumiel faces the chaos he cannot control and the raw absurdity of existence that threatens to unravel his tightly held worldview.

  Krishna clone #7 (calmly assessing Thaumiel’s nihilistic outlook):

  “You speak of suffering as though it’s a universal truth. But I wonder—how much of this ‘truth’ you cling to is born from your own need for control? Can the void truly be understood by imposing meaning on it through suffering?”

  Thaumiel (eyes narrowing, voice chilling):

  “Control? You mistake my understanding for a need for dominance. I am not trying to shape the void—I simply acknowledge it for what it is. Meaning is an illusion. Suffering strips away that illusion, exposing the core of existence. It is raw, it is honest, and it is inevitable.”

  Krishna clone #7 (with a soft chuckle, but eyes cold as steel):

  “Honesty? Or is it just a form of desperation? You hide behind suffering, thinking it’s the key to enlightenment, but perhaps you’re merely enslaved to it. You find meaning in despair, but despair is just a symptom. Perhaps it’s not the void you need to confront, but your inability to transcend it.”

  Thaumiel (his lips curling into a smirk):

  “Transcendence? That’s another crutch people use to avoid the truth. There’s nothing beyond the void, nothing beyond suffering. It’s the only constant, the only thing that strips everything else away. You and I are not so different, clone. You too hide behind your philosophy, seeking purpose in a world that offers none.”

  Krishna clone #7 (leaning forward, voice suddenly gaining intensity):

  “I don’t hide behind philosophy. I embrace the absence of meaning. But I don’t shackle myself to suffering as if it’s some divine path. I see the void, Thaumiel. And I know there’s something beyond it—something beyond the suffering you cling to. Freedom is not found in destruction, but in understanding the limits of what we can control and what we cannot.”

  Thaumiel (his gaze piercing, the air thickening with tension):

  “You speak of freedom, but freedom is a lie. It is nothing more than an illusion crafted by those too weak to face the truth. The moment you accept the world as it truly is, in all its chaos and pain, you will understand what I mean.”

  Krishna clone #7 (eyes narrowing, voice steady):

  “Then we’re at an impasse, aren’t we? You want to expose the void, I want to understand it. You see suffering as a weapon, I see it as an inevitable consequence. But perhaps, just perhaps, we both missed the point: The void is not the enemy. It is the space where we define ourselves.”

  Through these interactions, we see Thaumiel’s belief system being both solidified and challenged. With Mika, his nihilistic view is affirmed, but Mika’s challenge to the necessity of suffering offers him a rare moment of doubt. Plague Doctor forces Thaumiel to confront the possibility that suffering could be viewed as an artistic process, transcending mere revelation. Finally, Junko Gacy shatters Thaumiel’s need for control, forcing him to acknowledge that his view of the void might be more fragile than he realizes.

  Thaumiel’s philosophical journey is one of dark complexity—an ongoing struggle to understand the role of suffering, control, and freedom in a meaningless world. Despite his fierce confidence, these conversations reveal his vulnerability, making him a far more layered and uncertain character than he would care to admit.

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