"That's... that's not what I meant." The worry in her expression doesn't shift in the slightest. Not fearing him is one thing, but him getting hurt by Mr Hickey is something else entirely.
"He said: 'Your morals and your tenderhearted nature can only get you so far. At a certain point? Practicals take priority.' That's what he told me. Like nothing else matters." She doesn't like repeating what he'd said to her at all. He was mocking her, of course he was.
But it... makes sense more now. That he do whatever he needs to in order to live. She can't help but worry if he has a point. Lieutenant Little told her she had worth as who she was, but the reality of their situation can't be ignored. It... leaves her with some uncomfortable feelings about it all.
"... The only thing I can think of related to us being here was the voice." The one that spoke to them all as they arrived. The one that spoke to her last month. "Only... only that doesn't even want us here. It called us Interlopers. He can't really think he's got a chance of joining teams with that, right?"
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"He said: 'Your morals and your tenderhearted nature can only get you so far. At a certain point? Practicals take priority.' That's what he told me. Like nothing else matters." She doesn't like repeating what he'd said to her at all. He was mocking her, of course he was.
But it... makes sense more now. That he do whatever he needs to in order to live. She can't help but worry if he has a point. Lieutenant Little told her she had worth as who she was, but the reality of their situation can't be ignored. It... leaves her with some uncomfortable feelings about it all.
"... The only thing I can think of related to us being here was the voice." The one that spoke to them all as they arrived. The one that spoke to her last month. "Only... only that doesn't even want us here. It called us Interlopers. He can't really think he's got a chance of joining teams with that, right?"