[That last bit? That provokes a wince and stirs up a memory that makes him shudder:
"But then, the truth is only of interest to us when it serves our purposes, Those purposes may have changed for the better, but this fact has not." ... "I even know that we refuse to reexamine our old cases for purely selfish reasons."]
...I was never found out. Furthermore, once I realized the error of my ways, I... never reexamined any of my old cases. I wish that I could say that my reason for wishing to retain my job was as noble as a desire to do it correctly in order to atone for having done it wrong for so long, yet...
(Is it as truly as simple as how my Shadow put it?)
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"But then, the truth is only of interest to us when it serves our purposes, Those purposes may have changed for the better, but this fact has not."
...
"I even know that we refuse to reexamine our old cases for purely selfish reasons."]
...I was never found out. Furthermore, once I realized the error of my ways, I... never reexamined any of my old cases. I wish that I could say that my reason for wishing to retain my job was as noble as a desire to do it correctly in order to atone for having done it wrong for so long, yet...
(Is it as truly as simple as how my Shadow put it?)