With very few exceptions, I don't believe in fate. I think this was just something you couldn't fully plan to avoid. But even if it was fate, it shouldn't make you feel better to have someone just decide to make you something other than you were without your consent.

[He's making no attempt to cover up how strongly he feels about this. It's something he's personally been through three separate times. And it never gets easier.]

But...now I have to ask, am I a monster to you, Bakugo?