[Vergil smiles. On anyone else, it would probably appear to be an understated, little smile of approval. But on Vergil, it might as well be a beaming, proud grin.]
Exactly right, [he says with a small nod.] Someone who is scrupulous is generally considered to be incorruptible. They follow their morals closely, and often without deviation. However, if a situation arises that challenges their morality, they may struggle more than another person with a more flexible sense of morality. That lack of flexibility also gives the word an additional meaning of meticulousness depending on its context.
But the classic example you will most often see in literature of a scrupulous character is usually one struggling between what they've been raised to believe right and wrong, and a desire or temptation of some kind. Some of the books your mother favored often involve strong, genuine feelings of love for a man that the heroine should not love due to the societal norms they were raised with. Although in those stories your mother loved, love triumphs over all, not every author writes such happy endings and reaches the same conclusion as that priest.
[For as quiet as Vergil is, he becomes immediately and incredibly verbose the moment he's allowed to discuss something like this. Of course, this sort of chattiness is not a particular issue most of the time, but with that shortness of breath, Vergil leans a little towards the coffee table for his glass of water to have a drink by the conclusion of his words.]
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Exactly right, [he says with a small nod.] Someone who is scrupulous is generally considered to be incorruptible. They follow their morals closely, and often without deviation. However, if a situation arises that challenges their morality, they may struggle more than another person with a more flexible sense of morality. That lack of flexibility also gives the word an additional meaning of meticulousness depending on its context.
But the classic example you will most often see in literature of a scrupulous character is usually one struggling between what they've been raised to believe right and wrong, and a desire or temptation of some kind. Some of the books your mother favored often involve strong, genuine feelings of love for a man that the heroine should not love due to the societal norms they were raised with. Although in those stories your mother loved, love triumphs over all, not every author writes such happy endings and reaches the same conclusion as that priest.
[For as quiet as Vergil is, he becomes immediately and incredibly verbose the moment he's allowed to discuss something like this. Of course, this sort of chattiness is not a particular issue most of the time, but with that shortness of breath, Vergil leans a little towards the coffee table for his glass of water to have a drink by the conclusion of his words.]