Cammy clears some things up.

Leon crawled into bed with Cammy in hand. He wasn’t ready to think about Jessie just yet. Didn't know how to, until Cammy answered some very important questions for him. He turned on the camera screen, ready for discussion, but was greeted with a Rank up message instead.

When did I... and then he vaguely remember a shock from Cammy right before the kiss.

Well done! You’ve found Jessica’s 2nd Key. Your darling sister has a crush on you, causing your bond to be strengthened. Behind every strong man, there’s a devoted sister! Rank 3 benefits will display shortly.

So there it was. The Chronicle System seemed to be encouraging an incestual coupling between him and his sister.

Jessica Marshall, Rank 3
-Jessica is more likely to engage in flirting with you.
-Jessica will now be open to cuddling with you.

I wish I could be more excited about this, but after everything that went down... I just need to talk to Cammy.

“Hey. I need to talk to you.”

Are you referring to me?

“You know I am.”

You do not sound very pleased, Leon Marshall.

“I’m not sure that I’m liking what this Chronicle System is doing to me. Or my relationships.”

Considering the only Soul Link you’ve truly progressed is with Jessica Marshall, I must assume something is upsetting you about your sister.

“I know the System is fucking with my head, Cammy. Before you showed up I didn't have any interest in my sister. Now all of the sudden I want to bang her?"

Oh my. You wish to engage in sexual intercourse with your sister? This is certainly possible, with the power of the Chronicle System.

“But why!? Why is it possible?”

The System did not implant this desire in your head. It was there from the start. Consider. One of your first actions, upon seeing your sister, was to take pictures of her feet and breasts. You also considered her “gorgeous” and a “hottie.”

Is that true...? All of this attraction... Is it something I always would have had? It’s not like I didn’t already- “Wait... wait. Why do you know that? I didn’t say any of that out loud.”

The Chronicle System must enter the mind of its user to discover their deepest wishes and fantasies. Upon doing so, it works to make them a reality. This is also part of the reason your Soul Link advantages are what they are.

“You can’t just dig into my head! I never signed up for that!”

Neither did Jessica Marshall, but you have continued to pursue her using the Chronicle System.

“I-! I never... Fuck. I never thought I could push things so far in a single night.” There was nothing he could do to argue. It was the truth. If he hadn’t used the Mental Tendril on her, he wouldn’t have erotic photos of his sister on his camera right now, and he never would have shared a kiss with her. And now because of him, she was struggling with emotions awakened in her, that would have, and most likely should have, stayed dormant.

“That settles it. The System is evil, and it's going to make me do evil things if I continue using it. I wanted to become stronger, but this is too much. Take your shitty power and leave me alone!” he shouted into his pillow.

The Chronicle System is neither a **** for good, or a **** for evil. Morality is a User concept, not a System concept. However, consider this. You feel that you have wronged Jessica Marshall because she was tricked into your arms, and is now suffering emotional conflict because of it?

“Of course I do! How could I not?” He cried. He wanted to pick up his camera and start bashing it against the wall.

What of the other effects of your Chronicle System usage? Jessica is no longer alone. Jessica has romantic feelings for a man, in spite of the trauma she has experienced in her past. Jessica is beginning to believe that she can be confident, beautiful, and sexual. All of which occurred in a single night, when even just these small steps may have taken her years without the System.

“I...” Leon had never considered that he was doing her any good. “Those things aren’t enough! We're talking about **** here! What's the point of helping her if I'm leading her down towards... towards... depravity?

Is **** morally incorrect, or socially incorrect?

“Wha- I don’t- both!”

Does it make sense to call it incorrect, or "depraved" if it has the potential to change two lives for the better?

“...”

If the Chronicle System frightens you because of its capacity for human evil, then should you not utilize it’s capacity for human good to the fullest extent?

"It doesn't make any sense, Cammy. You keep telling me the System doesn't have to be evil, but it forces unwilling people to be with me. Even if everything else about the System can be used for good, that'll never be right." Nobody should be **** to be with a guy like me. Nobody, he thought morosely.

The System cannot **** people to be with you. Rather, it is the user who grows until he is able to convince those people for himself. I have told you this before.

"But you said I can make a Soul Link with anyone! I'm not buying that, deep down, everyone in the fucking world wants to fuck me. That's horseshit!"

I have never claimed that Soul Links are inherently sexual, or romantic, in nature. If the User and the person they have a Soul Link with both desire a platonic relationship, they may still reach the rank of Soul Bonded, in whatever form that may take.

“My advantages seem awfully geared towards at least one of those things, even if they aren't required.”

That is because the System looked inside of you and found sexual and romantic desire. It looked inside of Jessica and saw the potential for the same.

Two blood related peas in a pod, huh?

"And you're saying I could utilize the System to do some good for people?"

I believe I'm saying you already have. You are free to continue to do so.

A distant image began to form in his mind. An image so far away that he couldn’t make out the details, but there were people smiling there. Jessie was there, surrounded by people who's faces he couldn't quite picture. The image showed him a place full of joy and love.

“Cammy?”

Yes, Leon Marshall?

“I think I just caught a glimpse of what I want to use this System for.”

Building a better life for yourself, you mean? You already said as much this morning.

“That was just the goal of a self-centered man. I had no idea I'd ever actually care about the wellbeing of anyone besides myself. I never have before. But I'm... not as selfish as I thought. Jessie showed me that. Surprisingly, I can't stand the thought of manipulating people if I'm the only one who stands to gain.”

This is what kept gnawing at him when he started using the System on Jessie. But if Cammy was telling the truth, and he had helped her already... why not keep helping her?

“I’m going to start a modeling agency, with my Soul Links as my models. And I’ll fight to protect every single person I take under my wing. I'll need your help to do it, Cammy.”

If that is your wish. As always, I will do my best to steer you ever onward, inheritor of the Chronicle System.