[ Wu sits there quietly for a moment, letting that sink in.
That is a horrible, awful, disgusting thing to happen to him. Wu can understand his anger, he can even feel it, even through this device but-- ]
I'm so sorry that that happened to you. That's just-- that's awful, Maul.
[ He takes a moment there, chewing the inside of his cheek. It's a valid concern, but he still doesn't think that that's the solution ]
However, I don't think that you should lump the people in Trench in with the people in Deerington. I know I only arrived there when they started to, ah... stop working? But even so! They were figments of Julia Sodder's dream, and, if what I've been told is right, we aren't in any sort of dream anymore. We're in a world, a world that we are the outsiders to.
I don't think it is wise. How would you feel if, when you were back home, an outsider came in and decided that they had the right to govern your world? I know that it feels really bad! I trusted a woman, Kuvira, to help get my country back in order, and what did she do? She took it over! It's not quite the same situation, but it wasn't her right to do it, and she forced all sorts of awful things onto my people.
[ He takes a deep breath, frowning at the screen ]
What I'm saying is: we are the outsiders here. We need to respect the people of this city and their way of living. If it turns out that that's dangerous to us, then of course we should do something about it. But I don't think that inflicting our values on them is the right course of action.
Perhaps we can discuss some way to keep each other safe? If that is your most pressing concern, and it probably should be! Awful things happened so often in Deerington, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop here even though I really, really hope it doesn't. I'm sure we can find some way to make you feel safer?
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That is a horrible, awful, disgusting thing to happen to him. Wu can understand his anger, he can even feel it, even through this device but-- ]
I'm so sorry that that happened to you. That's just-- that's awful, Maul.
[ He takes a moment there, chewing the inside of his cheek. It's a valid concern, but he still doesn't think that that's the solution ]
However, I don't think that you should lump the people in Trench in with the people in Deerington. I know I only arrived there when they started to, ah... stop working? But even so! They were figments of Julia Sodder's dream, and, if what I've been told is right, we aren't in any sort of dream anymore. We're in a world, a world that we are the outsiders to.
I don't think it is wise. How would you feel if, when you were back home, an outsider came in and decided that they had the right to govern your world? I know that it feels really bad! I trusted a woman, Kuvira, to help get my country back in order, and what did she do? She took it over! It's not quite the same situation, but it wasn't her right to do it, and she forced all sorts of awful things onto my people.
[ He takes a deep breath, frowning at the screen ]
What I'm saying is: we are the outsiders here. We need to respect the people of this city and their way of living. If it turns out that that's dangerous to us, then of course we should do something about it. But I don't think that inflicting our values on them is the right course of action.
Perhaps we can discuss some way to keep each other safe? If that is your most pressing concern, and it probably should be! Awful things happened so often in Deerington, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop here even though I really, really hope it doesn't. I'm sure we can find some way to make you feel safer?