No. I wanted to keep as many people from starving and dying as possible. That meant keeping people from blowing up things or murdering others outside of the Quarry as much as possible.
I am Cardassian. In my experience humans have always been very focused on and influenced by how they feel about something, which is why I asked. To ask if your feelings mattered was... unexpected.
[There's a noticeable pause here as she just stares at the text, frowning slightly, genuinely unsure of how to answer. It's not something she thinks about wanting or not wanting; needing or not needing. The lack of it in both her life and, she believes, in the world at large is too much of an immutable fact.]
Even in the most anti-social of races, a desire for comfort has until now seemed a universal. Even I myself want it from time to time, though I like to think myself above most petty desires.
[Contrary to what one might think, Callisto likes getting this question. It's an excuse to slander Xena, and while that's somewhat less satisfying in a world where Xena doesn't exist, she likes the thought that she might show up someday and find out that everybody here knows the truth about her.]
A woman known as Xena, Warrior Princess, came to visit my village for a little barbecue one day. Tell me, do you know what burning flesh smells like? Do you know how long it takes a fire victim to succumb to their wounds? I do.
Xena took my family, my home, and everything good inside me. This is what she left me with.
[Talking about it hurts, but not much more than thinking about it does, and she already thinks about it all the time.]
As a matter of fact, I do know both of those things. And my world is currently occupied by a force that would like to entirely destroy my people. That is not to say that your struggle is less. It's simply to suggest that I don't see such a thing doing quite that much damage.
[He lies a lot, so he's not going to call someone a liar in so many words. He'll just let the implication be there.]
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Date: 2021-01-18 11:58 pm (UTC)[The person she really is would never have had those smiling, happy group photos on her fridge.]
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Date: 2021-01-20 01:17 am (UTC)[Which is patently untrue, as anyone who's seen her fly into a rage or a fit of upset can attest, but it's the line she often goes with.]
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Date: 2021-01-20 02:17 am (UTC)All of that died a long time ago.
Why?
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Date: 2021-01-20 05:10 am (UTC)cw: fire death
Date: 2021-01-20 05:52 am (UTC)A woman known as Xena, Warrior Princess, came to visit my village for a little barbecue one day. Tell me, do you know what burning flesh smells like? Do you know how long it takes a fire victim to succumb to their wounds? I do.
Xena took my family, my home, and everything good inside me. This is what she left me with.
[Talking about it hurts, but not much more than thinking about it does, and she already thinks about it all the time.]
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Date: 2021-01-21 03:27 am (UTC)[He lies a lot, so he's not going to call someone a liar in so many words. He'll just let the implication be there.]
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