[That's...Yeah, it's a lot to take in. Not that it changes Avdol's feelings one bit, since he can absolutely imagine what it would've been like, the pressure, the inescapable corruption, how easy it would've been for a rookie to justify it all. But a life is still a life, and it's one that clearly meant a lot to Abbacchio at that.

Humming through his nose in thought, Avdol looks at Prince, who is completely content and starting to try and tuck her head under her wing without pushing That Really Nice Hand away, then up to the owner of said hand.]

I'm still going to the musical with you.

[One sip of tea, before he leans back-- and Michael and Lionel are on his lap then, jockeying for prime position, but whatever. This is serious, he's not letting chickenfesta take away from that!!] A hypothetical. A child causes a housefire through their own actions, without thinking of the consequences of playing with fire. While they get out relatively unharmed, their parents are burned badly, and a majority of their property is destroyed.

Although the child never wanted for their parents to be hurt and for everything to be lost, they were still doing something they knew they shouldn't, and so could absolutely be held accountable for the fire, for the irreversible harm they caused to people they loved. Would you write them off completely?