Houraji

Is it Sin that makes one a sinner?
Or is it Kin that makes one a sinner?

Many say we are born innocent and untainted, and yet in Sin we are all related to one another. For we are one Kin, and with this Sin we share that we are born with. And even a certain doctrine holds that one's Kin, through the fact of birth, inherit a tainted nature with a proclivity to sinful conduct in need of regeneration…

"I was brought forth in iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother conceive me."
…or so the doctrine says,

"We are all born sinners because of Kin that brings us together."
…and so we think: we are born with Sin inherited from our Kin,

But, should that hold us back from acting with virtue?
No, we should not hold back, even when Sin entered the world through one Kin, and Death through Sin, and in this way, Death came to all beings, because all sinned,

But even so, we all have freedom to be a being we want when we embrace Death,
To be a fraudulent Human,
To be a violent Angel,
To be a benevolent Devil,

And what one wants to be, neither "Sin" nor "Kin" should define what "Self" one is going to be, let "Journey" instead that defines one "Self"

Sin of Kin

Was a stammering there, a timbre of his voice speaking out loud his bafflement. As if his own eyes were playing a trick on him, he was less certain about what just happened before his own sight. No, certainly it wasn't a mere illusion—however that was what his body was trying to tell him so. For there was weight in his swing, with a sweaty yet sturdy grip swinging the copper sword slipped through a person's exposed neck. Feeling the copper sword's heaviness; feeling its dull edge saw through the person's flesh and neck bones with great force behind his grip – in fact, still trembling were his grip once the ordeal was done… of beheading someone's head,

And yet what trembled him more than a shaky hand was the aftermath – the fact that it was devoid of any impact; devoid of blood spurting and a head rolling out,

"C-captain Licorice… what did you just do?"

Unstable Truth