Revenge is a festering, destructive mission. Tearing apart the very core of a life for one petty moment when the world is righted, just before the whole thing collapses forever.
Revenge is consuming, eating away at everything else until only it and justice remain. It"s too hungry to ever be satisfied, starving with each mouthful. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Revenge can"t be cancelled out so easily. There"s too much emotional baggage, not enough compromise. But punishment–well, that"s different.
Roxy didn"t bother with revenge or grudges. He was too lazy for it. But punishment was easy. It was a simple matter of cause and effect. You play with fire–you get burned. You set off a bomb in his mother"s club–you get caught in the explosion. An eye for an eye and the matter is deal
