It's not about vanity. There's nothing wrong with seeing how you look. Mirrors help. Pictures are just... [It's frustrating not to be able to find the words. He's not sure just what it is, but he'd been so convinced that he'd help save the portraits that...now that it's all for naught, seeing as the artist was a fucking lying fuckface fuck, it's hard to let that go.]

I can't dictate what happens to the others, but I can at least dictate what happens to mine. I don't want to throw it on the pyre like the rest. If I choose to destroy it down the line, that'll be my own decision on my own terms.