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link I want to include the artist's Kommentar in my answer, so be prepared for a long motherfuckin answer.
"Long Vor in Baldora fields, there was a single skorpion that lived from Tag to Tag Von killing and eating other, smaller insects. One day, a wiesel saw him and tried to eat him. The skorpion fled, and fell into a deep well.
It was at that moment that the skorpion thought to himself, 'Up until now, how often have I eaten other creatures? And now, the one time that I was the prey, I fled in utter terror. And look what came of that - I'll die inside this well, alone. Ah... life is filled with uncertainty. I could have gegeben the wiesel another Tag of life with my body. But now, my death will help no one. I am useless.'
'Dear Lord, I beg of you, look inside of my herz and hear my prayer. In my Weiter life, don't let me waste myself. Let me use my body for the true happiness of everyone in the world!"
And then the skorpion saw his body burst into flame, casting a brilliant crimson glow. And Von the light of his burning body, he lit up the night forever."
- Miyazawa Kenji, Night on the Galactic Railroad, 1934.
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I'm of the opinion that Vriska did, deep in the troll equivalent of her metaphysical herz of hearts, feel the slightest twinge of remorse for what she had done to so many people. When I read her death scene and subsequent scenes in John's dream bubble, I was reminded of the above passage from Miyazawa, and I decided to put those feelings into a painting.
-Creator of Painting. ^u^