Nothing better than setting off a big one... except maybe seeing the look on someone's face when they realize how many mines are riiiight under their feet.
For everyone else... [she pauses. scowls. knocks a fist down on one of the hovering metal objects with her.] Oh, shut it, I told you I don't need your stupid history lessons!
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They think everything in the world is our fault, we're evil, violent, vengeful, blah, blah, blah. If they had their way, we'd all have gotten wiped off the face of Terra years ago.
And me? I know what I am. If they're scared-- they should be.
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[lol. not like it's hard, she knows.]
Nothing better than setting off a big one... except maybe seeing the look on someone's face when they realize how many mines are riiiight under their feet.
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[ he says, exasperated. ]
Try not to take such joy in exploding the living right in front of a doctor.
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[ANYWAY.]
They think everything in the world is our fault, we're evil, violent, vengeful, blah, blah, blah. If they had their way, we'd all have gotten wiped off the face of Terra years ago.
And me? I know what I am. If they're scared-- they should be.
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instead, he listens, ear flicking. ]
I would not call you a devil, still. I'd call you resilient.
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[like, dying puts a damper on that... but still.]
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[ idly. ]
My General would like you.
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[he really just takes shit in stride...]
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Explains what, precisely?
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[she says, around another mouthful stolen from the pot.]
So you must really have seen some shit!
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Oh, so that's what you mean. [ and then, wryly: ] I've spent most of my long life on a battlefield of some sort. Not much surprises me anymore.
My last workplace before I died was the worst of them all.
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[be NICE. for once in your life be nice.]
Unless you mean the battlefield. In that case, I'd guess that explains how you ended up here. [dead.]
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[ politics are so much worse than war in his opinion ]
My death was unrelated to paperwork, thankfully.
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[all too casually, after another sip:]
Then what did kill you?
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[ a beat, and then his ear flicks. ]
A big bad wolf.
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Is that a planet? A country? [ a beat. ] Perhaps we have different names for the same thing.
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[GROANING... ugh.]
You're not even Terran, are you.
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