The orbs are already creating chaos. That is their purpose. Our presence is more analogous to a bone being rebroken so it can be properly set. However, there is a certain unavoidable arrogance in assuming that we know better than those whose lives and worlds and cultures are affected by our meddling. Our priority should be to cause as few ripples as possible.
๏ผ he understands why sabriel has called for the assassination of the high one — to one who has never known war, it seems the cleanest cut. but he has been that knife in the dark more than once in his life, has stirred up conflicts between nations, and it does not end the way she thinks it will. killing a dictator does not itself bring peace if there is no safeguard in place to nurture its nascent form. ๏ผ
[But it doesn't feel right to focus on that. Not when he's just said something important that resonates with her.]
Do you think there's a way to address the meddling? Every time I consider trying, I realize it's likely to be dismissed. Then I start to think on who here I can truly trust on the missions. And I'm not sure I like putting myself on that train of thought.
It is unavoidable that we would form different opinions based on our lives, cultural experiences and knowledge, and that those opinions would gradually create social fissures. Very few individuals here are capable of looking beyond themselves, setting aside their own feelings, and acting without pride.
๏ผ people are, after all, inherently selfish.
he makes a soft, thoughtful sound. ๏ผ
As to addressing the matter, it is difficult to say. It should be done before the rift is too deeply rent to repair — but I do not know that a mission is the appropriate time to do it, as it would only create resentment and anger, and lead to people feeling as if they are being singled out or blamed while emotions are already high. It needs to be approached from the view not that events are going badly or have gone badly in the past, but how events might go more smoothly in the future — an attempt to marshal ourselves so that we might be pro- rather than reactive. The best candidate to deliver such a message would be someone who is both trusted by most here and capable of effecting humility.
Do you think there's someone like that here among us?
[Clara isn't so sure. There was a time when she would've leapt at the chance to do it. But she questions her choices so often now that it feels like she isn't trusted by others. and she isn't certain she's capable of the sort of humility it takes to address the growing rift.]
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to just let things happen as they naturally might. The rift would grow. But at least then we'd know for sure where everyone truly stands.
[because he's right. very few people there are able to look past themselves and set aside their own feelings. most of them act on pride and a need to fulfill something within themselves. she isn't sure if there's someone capable of acting as a unifier. which is a depressing thought, really.]
Finn, Jim Kirk. Yourself — although I understand that there may be individuals here less likely to listen to a woman.
๏ผ kunoichi are not inherently lesser, but he can think of only a handful throughout history that have really left their mark. women like tsunade senju and konan are rare, as most turn to childminding. the detriment of a population that is constantly being reduced by war, and requires replenishment. ๏ผ
If people are disruptive enough, however, especially at cost to the majority of our cohort, I believe they will be returned to their respective worlds.
[The fact he thinks highly enough of her to put herself in that list makes her take pause. And the fact that he recognizes the misogyny that can come along with being a woman in that position makes her smile.]
I'm hoping I won't have to pull out my teacher voice to give a big lecture. But if it comes down to it, I'll do whatever needs to be done.
๏ผ she has a good heart. a willingness to help others, to serve. she would have been a fearsome shinobi, if given power enough to stand in defense of her ideals. she does it anyway — even limited as she is by human frailty. she is quick and brave and clever, and he has not once doubted that she would die for a stranger.
his opinion on civilians has always been that they are a thing to be protected, and apart from. yet, clara is a rarified sort — he does not expect to have missed out on others like her, with his avoidance — but he does wonder what else he has been blind to.
he looked at his life like a road that lead him to its inevitable end. he was satisfied with how death came to him — an act engineered to the smallest detail, and asked of sasuke. it is only now, five months out, that he has turned his mind to other possible paths. things he once saw as inevitable, or necessary, or correct... he has begun to question. anything but absolute obedience is dangerous, in a shinobi. yet he has been dangerous for other reasons for a long, long time. ๏ผ
Of this I have no doubt. ๏ผ he pauses faintly. then: ๏ผ I have business to attend elsewhere, Clara-san — we will speak later.
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๏ผ he understands why sabriel has called for the assassination of the high one — to one who has never known war, it seems the cleanest cut. but he has been that knife in the dark more than once in his life, has stirred up conflicts between nations, and it does not end the way she thinks it will. killing a dictator does not itself bring peace if there is no safeguard in place to nurture its nascent form. ๏ผ
Were you injured in this attack?
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[But it doesn't feel right to focus on that. Not when he's just said something important that resonates with her.]
Do you think there's a way to address the meddling? Every time I consider trying, I realize it's likely to be dismissed. Then I start to think on who here I can truly trust on the missions. And I'm not sure I like putting myself on that train of thought.
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๏ผ people are, after all, inherently selfish.
he makes a soft, thoughtful sound. ๏ผ
As to addressing the matter, it is difficult to say. It should be done before the rift is too deeply rent to repair — but I do not know that a mission is the appropriate time to do it, as it would only create resentment and anger, and lead to people feeling as if they are being singled out or blamed while emotions are already high. It needs to be approached from the view not that events are going badly or have gone badly in the past, but how events might go more smoothly in the future — an attempt to marshal ourselves so that we might be pro- rather than reactive. The best candidate to deliver such a message would be someone who is both trusted by most here and capable of effecting humility.
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[Clara isn't so sure. There was a time when she would've leapt at the chance to do it. But she questions her choices so often now that it feels like she isn't trusted by others. and she isn't certain she's capable of the sort of humility it takes to address the growing rift.]
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to just let things happen as they naturally might. The rift would grow. But at least then we'd know for sure where everyone truly stands.
[because he's right. very few people there are able to look past themselves and set aside their own feelings. most of them act on pride and a need to fulfill something within themselves. she isn't sure if there's someone capable of acting as a unifier. which is a depressing thought, really.]
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๏ผ kunoichi are not inherently lesser, but he can think of only a handful throughout history that have really left their mark. women like tsunade senju and konan are rare, as most turn to childminding. the detriment of a population that is constantly being reduced by war, and requires replenishment. ๏ผ
If people are disruptive enough, however, especially at cost to the majority of our cohort, I believe they will be returned to their respective worlds.
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I'm hoping I won't have to pull out my teacher voice to give a big lecture. But if it comes down to it, I'll do whatever needs to be done.
exactly 209 words of introspection u are welcome
his opinion on civilians has always been that they are a thing to be protected, and apart from. yet, clara is a rarified sort — he does not expect to have missed out on others like her, with his avoidance — but he does wonder what else he has been blind to.
he looked at his life like a road that lead him to its inevitable end. he was satisfied with how death came to him — an act engineered to the smallest detail, and asked of sasuke. it is only now, five months out, that he has turned his mind to other possible paths. things he once saw as inevitable, or necessary, or correct... he has begun to question. anything but absolute obedience is dangerous, in a shinobi. yet he has been dangerous for other reasons for a long, long time. ๏ผ
Of this I have no doubt. ๏ผ he pauses faintly. then: ๏ผ I have business to attend elsewhere, Clara-san — we will speak later.