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[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne hasn't been able to show her face on the network--or in person, really--since her meltdown in July. But she's starting to come back, as it were. Only on voice because she can't quite bring herself to share all of her feelings.

Feelings that are very strong right now.]

I don't believe in revenge. It's a messy business that doesn't ultimately fix anything. You can't always undo a wrong.

You can, however, be better.

I say this for two reasons now. The first is that I urge all of you not to take revenge against the user who goes by the name "NoMercy" on the Omni network. I don't know who they are and I don't know how they've suffered. But hurting them isn't going to un-murder Ezra or Oscar or any of the others.

The second reason why I'm talking about revenge is that...I need to know what happened to Dean Winchester. I need to know who burned down his house, who killed him. And...I want to reassure you--anyone who's listening--that if you know something or if you were, in some way, responsible...I'm not going to hurt you.

I...I don't believe in revenge.

And that's...that's all, I guess.

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[opress]

The want for revenge wasn't entirely the fault of the Sleepers last month. The Reckoning is an entity built on revenge.

I care very little for personal revenge, but I have no issue anyone taking it for themselves. [He sort of had to given who his brother was.] But last month even I wanted to hurt and kill those who had done something against me or my brother.

Some of us are already at the best we can achieve.

[demonicbeauty]

What happens when you get revenge, then they get revenge, then you get revenge again?

Eventually, everyone ends up dead.

[opress]

That is the way of the warrior. We all die, and I would rather a blade to the back than weak and frail in a bed.

Revenge simply speeds up the knives emerging.

[demonicbeauty]

Not everyone is a warrior, Savage.

Nor does everyone want to be one. I never did.

[opress]

Then those people should surround themselves with those that are.

[demonicbeauty]

[There's a faint smile in her voice.]

I seem to have a talent for that.

[opress]

Then be aware of how revenge could still affect you even if you don't seek it yourself.

[demonicbeauty]

Are you and Maul considering going after...

I know that you aren't exactly friends with Ezra, but he is part of your world.

[opress]

He may be from my system, but there is no connection worth considering revenge for. He clearly needs more training if he died.

[demonicbeauty]

So then you're not going to respond?

[opress]

In revenge for him? No. I've killed many Jedi, so one dying now is not worth much.

Now if they harmed my brother...

[demonicbeauty]

I see.

[Savage gonna Savage, and all that.

But it's fine. It takes small, gentle steps to change someone's mind.]

Well, all I was asking for was people not to harm the child. Seeing as you have no interest, then we're not at odds.

[opress]

Kits learn their place the hard way like everyone else.

Besides is it even revenge if death isn't permanent?

[demonicbeauty]

Sometimes it's permanent.

[She has to pause, swallowing hard on the next words.]

Dean didn't come back.

[opress]

I don't know who that is. Were they your mate here?

[demonicbeauty]

No. I don't have a mate. He was...

[This isn't getting any easier.]

Like a brother to me. I didn't realize how much I loved him until Anakin killed him the first time. When he came back I...

Well, it doesn't matter. He didn't come back, this time.

[opress]

[He made a noise of understanding from his throat. Now that was a concept he understood the complete ins and outs of.]

Will you seek out those that harmed your brother and have left this wound on you?

[demonicbeauty]

I'm trying to learn the truth but...

[She sighs.]

So far, there doesn't seem to be anyone to blame.

[opress]

You mean he went back to the sea of his own volition?

[demonicbeauty]

No.

I mean...maybe the fire was an accident.

[opress]

Was it the house that burned? Or some other fire?

[demonicbeauty]

By the time I found it, all I know was that the house was smoldering in ruins.

[opress]

And you think the cause was accidental?

[demonicbeauty]

I think...I'm not finding evidence to the contrary.

[opress]

So you'll just mourn your loss and move on.