Meeting of the Minds
After the initial confusion of the pod release, the podlings have been allowed to wander at their discretion around the living area.
However, even though no one really pointed it out, people might find themselves drawn to a large oblong room at the one end. All of the hallways just seemed to lead there, for some strange reason.
The ceiling was massively tall, and shaped like a semi-circular dome. This sight would greet anyone who entered. There were fleshy couches and chairs for those that wished to sit down.
It looked, quite accurately, like a place people were meant to gather.
And gather they would.
However, even though no one really pointed it out, people might find themselves drawn to a large oblong room at the one end. All of the hallways just seemed to lead there, for some strange reason.
The ceiling was massively tall, and shaped like a semi-circular dome. This sight would greet anyone who entered. There were fleshy couches and chairs for those that wished to sit down.
It looked, quite accurately, like a place people were meant to gather.
And gather they would.
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Wry look, "Let me guess, left your ship in your other suit, right?"
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He turns grumpy, "Apparently Stacy has it somewhere. Classified."
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"Great, so there goes our escape option."
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"Unless we can find her. And I'm not precisely going to stop looking."
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"Somebody has to make sure there's no more victims. Protect them all," she quietly added, her own thoughts more inward and reflective with memories.
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"No, can't cure hunger with it, or give a homeless person shelter. But you can save someone's life with it. Defend those who can't defend themselves."
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Her eyes were getting damp as she spat out, "You try tell somebody to stop. Repeatedly, and no, only they don't care, they'll never hear you because they just want to take what they want. So you have to make sure they don't get that chance the first time. It's not being blind, it's about them being deaf."
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"Even if they use violence, you don't have to! You escape, you get up, you distract them, but you do not hurt them! Once you do, you can't stop, and people get hurt and they die!" And you end up alone; an old, bitter, angry warrior who doesn't have a peace left to fight for and whose warnings no one will listen to.
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She countered, glaring up at him challengingly, "Police are allowed to use deadly force when somebody's armed with a gun, we don't even do that. We just stop them so no one else gets hurt or killed. Just because people have died on your watch doesn't give you the right to argue with what we have to do. And if you really knew my world like you said you do, you'd know that we're doing the best that we can with what we can do!"
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