[ he just looks sad and frustrated with this whole thing, honestly, and shakes his head. ]
Nothing. I assume that's why he sent you to me.
I'll probably say something to Temenos so he doesn't waste his time digging for the truth, since I think his reaction would be pretty close to mine, and he seems like he can keep a secret.
Otherwise... if you wanna tell people, that's cool, but I'm not gonna sell you out if you don't feel like you can. I'll just confirm that it's a repeat team but say that Taky didn't wanna reveal who his killer was.
Buddy, I get it, but I'm pretty sure you'd be better off with two of us around to deflect questions and everything. There are people here who don't like me who'd be more willing to listen to him, so you'd be keeping more people off your tail that way. Otherwise they're just gonna keep digging, and they'll come back to the same theory we already looked at today.
He's a cautious guy. When he got some potentially dangerous info before, he told Taky and me and we all discussed the pros and cons of passing it on beyond that. He's not gonna wanna do anything to hurt a scared kid and provoke revenge killings.
Anyway, he knew about Taky before and didn't say anything.
I'll test the waters first by saying I found out who it was without saying it was you, make sure he reacts the way I'm expecting. And remind him I can snap him like a twig if he thinks about saying anything to anybody.
[ he manages a bit of a smile, which he hopes is reassuring. ]
All right? This all really sucks, but we'll get through it.
But what's done will always be done, and you can still make helpful contributions going forward, independent of whatever happened before.
M&M — Mika — she was trying really hard to do that, after she did some bad stuff in her world. And they didn't let her have that chance. You do have it.
I've been fighting to overthrow a corrupt regime for over 20 years, and I grew up in a civil war before that, so, y'know, I've been around. Seen a lot of messed up stuff. Seen people do some desperate things in desperate situations, then devote their lives to changing things so others wouldn't have to live in those same circumstances.
[ daniel you are like the only person in this city who didn't already know about the 23-year revolution, it is his reason for living ]
Things never go back to how they were, ruined or not. They change every day. That's just life. You can't change things back to how they were, you can just choose to fight to make them better than they are now.
[ and up pops the memshare i didn't get around to in that other thread because it's also relevant here. just pretend the viewpoint here is from out in the hallway where he actually is instead of right in front of her, lmao. ]
She killed this member of the secret police who found one of our rebel hideouts, and to try to cover that up to protect her, her husband committed suicide and framed this foreign girl who'd been staying with them for murder.
The whole situation was really ugly, and it was frustrating 'cause she and her husband were both good people who did this bad thing 'cause they got backed into a corner by the law.
But rather than sit around feeling bad about it, she stepped up to help fix things so no one else would end up in their situation. Me and Dhurke helped her bust outta court and she's been playing her own special role in the revolution since.
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I...can't say.
[ peeks over to take a look at datz's face and gauge his expression ]
...what're you gonna do with me?
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Nothing. I assume that's why he sent you to me.
I'll probably say something to Temenos so he doesn't waste his time digging for the truth, since I think his reaction would be pretty close to mine, and he seems like he can keep a secret.
Otherwise... if you wanna tell people, that's cool, but I'm not gonna sell you out if you don't feel like you can. I'll just confirm that it's a repeat team but say that Taky didn't wanna reveal who his killer was.
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Anyway, he knew about Taky before and didn't say anything.
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It's not like I have much choice anyway. Either you tell him and he may or may not rat me out...
...or the truth may or may not come out anyway.
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[ he manages a bit of a smile, which he hopes is reassuring. ]
All right? This all really sucks, but we'll get through it.
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...he told me that no matter what I did, I would always have the next day to choose something other than lean into the worst version of myself.
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Yeah, well...
I don't know that "making a better decision" one day is enough to make up for anything.
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But what's done will always be done, and you can still make helpful contributions going forward, independent of whatever happened before.
M&M — Mika — she was trying really hard to do that, after she did some bad stuff in her world. And they didn't let her have that chance. You do have it.
[ so don't waste it, punk. ]
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What if you ruined things too much to change them back to how they were?
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Things never go back to how they were, ruined or not. They change every day. That's just life. You can't change things back to how they were, you can just choose to fight to make them better than they are now.
[ and up pops the memshare i didn't get around to in that other thread because it's also relevant here. just pretend the viewpoint here is from out in the hallway where he actually is instead of right in front of her, lmao. ]
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anyway help this one minute happened so much. danny can't even respond to the wisdom datz dropped for him because ]
What...was that?
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[ sorry for spoiling this entire case but ]
She killed this member of the secret police who found one of our rebel hideouts, and to try to cover that up to protect her, her husband committed suicide and framed this foreign girl who'd been staying with them for murder.
The whole situation was really ugly, and it was frustrating 'cause she and her husband were both good people who did this bad thing 'cause they got backed into a corner by the law.
But rather than sit around feeling bad about it, she stepped up to help fix things so no one else would end up in their situation. Me and Dhurke helped her bust outta court and she's been playing her own special role in the revolution since.
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But it would mean not screwing things up even more after making a mess in the first place.