[ WP ] A person asks a villain why they are evil . The villain 's response is very underwhelming .

“ Why are you evil? ” 
 
 She was silent. For a moment there was nothing but the silence. She became completely still. Even the two dark curtains of hair that framed her face ceased to ripple in the wind. The hand that held the knife to my throat seemed to have frozen in place, refraining from exerting that extra notch of pressure that would send my blood spraying. I swallowed, and the knife moved with my adam ’ s apple. She was staring straight into my eyes but her gaze had slipped into an unfocused, blank stare that went straight through me. 
 
 “ Do you really want to know? ” she whispered, and her voice had changed entirely. It wobbled. 
 
 “ Yes, ” I whispered back, mostly because it seemed inappropriate to say ‘ no ’ at this stage. 
 
 She blinked and her eyes refocused. To my shock, they were full of tears. “ Yesterday afternoon, I was walking home from the train station. I was tired. My bag was heavy. And I had a really bad tummy ache. ” She took a ragged breath and squeezed her eyes shut. For a moment, she couldn ’ t go on. “ Suddenly, this red car drives past. It had been raining earlier that day. It drove through a pot hole filled with rain water and I got soaked. ” She took a ragged breath and squeezed her eyes shut. “ I screamed but no-one cared! The car didn ’ t stop to see if I was alright! It just kept driving! ” 
 
 She stepped back and threw down the knife, her body shuddering with sobs. “ FROM THAT DAY ON, I SWORE REVENGE! ” she screamed, and her voice echoed behind me as I took my opportunity and ran as fast as I could. 

