The Firefly King's Second Dilemma

"Hey! Evil one," a bored voice spoke. "What should we do next?"

"Do next?" an annoyed voice spoke. "We do the usual thing we do, curious one. By day we help them as well, and occasionally, do our little mischief. Let's think of it as relieving ourselves of the pressure we are holding. Don't you think it's just? They don't seem too grateful for the things we do for them, it's just fair that we take something, or rather do something, for ourselves, once in a while. Right?"

"Is that all there is to it?" the first voice asked. "I do understand what you are talking about but doing it routinely has lose it's steam."

"Lost it's steam?" the second voice asked. "What do you mean-"

"It's boring."

"Boring?" the second voice angrily said. "How can you say it's boring when we're doing it all in secret? We are helping them but they do not know that we are at times causing them trouble. Is that boring still?"

"We do the usual thing. Nothing changed!" the first voice said with disappointment. "We may have been doing wrong but we are still helping them. Nothing changed at all. We are still helping them. And still they have nothing to give us back. We may be easing this pressure I am having, but nothing else. I want more! I know you can feel it too, right? If we are do to something evil. We must do more!"

"Are you sure I am the evil one?" the second voice asked playfully. "But in truth, we are not evil, right? We're just playful. That's all. We're just free spirit, nothing else. Why should we be bothered whether they are grateful to us in the first place?"

"Are you not?" the first voice asked in disappointment. "Are you not bothered they stay that way? We may be helping them, but that's just it. In the end, they're still helpless. Without us, they wouldn't go anywhere else. And despite of what we do, they aren't glad. In contrary, they even become more helpless or if worse comes, they are annoyed we aren't as helpful they want.

"They do not show any appreciation to us, they expect more from us and still we must help them? It just isn't fair!"

A long pause happened between the two voices and so the Firefly King did all his usual routine. A hero no one was aware of and a villain everyone was mad at. It may have been thrilling at first but soon after, it became monotonous. He had lost all his ardor. But even still he must keep up.

It was his duty through and through. Though as mischievous he could be, he'd have to do all his good deeds. No time for him to lax. He cannot be free.

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"Say, evil one," an enthusiastic voice spoke. "I just thought of an idea."

"Really?" a bored voice spoke. "I guess, what you said before was true. We may have changed thing but even still, it's all still the same. We may be doing petty little evil things, still we aren't evil. We can't be evil. Nothing changed. And they still don't seem to be changing. Their apathy towards us is still there. They do not see what we are to them. What are we really doing, curious one? What have we been doing?

"- I'm sorry, what was it that you wanted to say?"

"You finally realized it, right?" the first voice said. "It's really a bother right? And now you noticed. I feel sorry for you evil one."

"I get it, I get," the second voice said both in annoyance and disappointment. "So what is it that you wanted to say?"

"We could do more for them," the first voice said. "We could do more evil."

"More evil?" the second voice said childishly. "Are you sure you aren't the evil one? Right now, I feel curious of what you have in stored. Let's hear it."