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''No kidding, son.'' “No, David. But this has shaken my belief in the military’s actions, and I can’t continue to support those. Those people on the Border and the Rim… THEY are our people too! And with this plague still running rampant, frankly… I feel that I can do more good out there than I can here in the Core right now.”<br> | ''No kidding, son.'' “No, David. But this has shaken my belief in the military’s actions, and I can’t continue to support those. Those people on the Border and the Rim… THEY are our people too! And with this plague still running rampant, frankly… I feel that I can do more good out there than I can here in the Core right now.”<br> | ||
− | + | “You’re going back out to the Rim!? You’ve lost. Your. Mind!” David released her hand and dragged both of his hands through his dark hair, climbing off the stool to pace his mother’s living room. “How could you do this? How can you just turn your back on a 20-plus year career?! How can you disgrace us like this? How can you turn traitor, Mom? Do you know what this is going to do to me?”<br> | |
Tian’s back teeth clenched tight and she couldn’t unlock her jaw to make a response in the sudden wave of fury that passed over her. ''If only you had a clue that I'm doing this as much to '''protect''' you as anything else.''<br> | Tian’s back teeth clenched tight and she couldn’t unlock her jaw to make a response in the sudden wave of fury that passed over her. ''If only you had a clue that I'm doing this as much to '''protect''' you as anything else.''<br> |