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

"Wot in bloody meat is that thing?! 'ven the ugliest wild beasts me found 'em cuter than whaever that!"

It was good that the gentlewoman's overall weight was less than that of a feather, and that was hardly an overstatement, even if it meant for the short-bearded man to rekindle those muscles of his; of biceps he used to carry and clutch the gentlewoman known to the locals as Grannie Galen, who, contrary to such a moniker, wasn't looking that old at all… well at least in a way that made her youth somehow less natural looking, all with her mid-length bright-looking indigo hair and satiny skin curiously devoid of any wrinkle indicating her old age, but that was beside the point… all Licorice cared about for this kind of situation foremost was the fact that this 'old granny' indeed was light and wasn't getting in his way of fighting off that freak of nature…

"Behind ya! W-wait no! Above! ABOVE YOU ye blind?!"

Oeuvre of the Blood