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Text of a letter from Marina Kseniya Sebastien to Christian Edge.<br><br> | Text of a letter from Marina Kseniya Sebastien to Christian Edge.<br><br> | ||
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2) I don’t know if Nika’s told you and I was intentionally vague in my letter to Lem, but we’ve exposed Ah Toy’s nasty secret and the authorities on Beaumonde have taken her for justice. What sort of justice, I don’t know. I hope it is what she deserves. You know I can be quite bloodthirsty when it comes to crimes like hers. Cooler heads may prevail, however, and she might get off with a life in prison without parole instead of the firing squad. Personally, I think even execution is too good for her. But that’s me.<br><br> | 2) I don’t know if Nika’s told you and I was intentionally vague in my letter to Lem, but we’ve exposed Ah Toy’s nasty secret and the authorities on Beaumonde have taken her for justice. What sort of justice, I don’t know. I hope it is what she deserves. You know I can be quite bloodthirsty when it comes to crimes like hers. Cooler heads may prevail, however, and she might get off with a life in prison without parole instead of the firing squad. Personally, I think even execution is too good for her. But that’s me.<br><br> | ||
| − | 3) I couldn’t tell Lem everything about Kiera, but you probably already know this from the others—in a fit of pique she sold us out to Potemkin. Indirectly so, since Byshek didn’t tell her exactly what Potemkin’s grudge against us was when she agreed to it. In her defense, she thought she was only punking us instead of handing us over to die and to her credit, she risked her life to save us when she found out. As much as it pained me to lose the ''Gift'' and for everything that happened to us as a result, I knew I couldn’t lose Kiera over this, too. She made a mistake. She paid for it. She came back to atone. I couldn’t let that go unacknowledged and I couldn’t let her go it alone. I forgave her, Christian. For everything. | + | 3) I couldn’t tell Lem everything about Kiera, but you probably already know this from the others—in a fit of pique she sold us out to Potemkin. Indirectly so, since Byshek didn’t tell her exactly what Potemkin’s grudge against us was when she agreed to it. In her defense, she thought she was only punking us instead of handing us over to die and to her credit, she risked her life to save us when she found out. As much as it pained me to lose the ''Gift'' and for everything that happened to us as a result, I knew I couldn’t lose Kiera over this, too. She made a mistake. She paid for it. She came back to atone. I couldn’t let that go unacknowledged and I couldn’t let her go it alone. I forgave her, Christian. For everything. These past 8 months have been somewhat awkward ones between me and the rest of the crew because of it. They feel—and not without reason—that I’ve taken sides, that I’ve chosen her over them. They aren’t entirely wrong. Of all the people on our boat, it’s bitterly ironic that the most bloodthirsty of us would forgive her first and forgive her so completely. But I had to give her the second chance she paid so dearly for. My conscience demanded nothing less. Things are pretty much back to an even keel but for a while there I was sweating it. It’s come out well, though. Kiera’s one of us now and I don’t think anyone really doubts it.<br><br> |
Well, except maybe Arden.<br><br> | Well, except maybe Arden.<br><br> | ||
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4) Arden, like Nika, is not going to look like you remember him the next time we meet. Unlike Nika, it’s not his eyes, it’s his face. Ah Toy was responsible for him losing it. Mind, one of her minions actually did the deed—with acid, no less—but I hold Ah Toy ultimately responsible, since the woman had tortured her minion and broken her sanity to the point that spraying Arden with acid seemed an acceptable response. Seriously, the minion’s state was … Words fail, Christian. It was terrible. We saved the others like her and the rest of the sex slaves and they are now in proper hands getting the care they need. <br><br> | 4) Arden, like Nika, is not going to look like you remember him the next time we meet. Unlike Nika, it’s not his eyes, it’s his face. Ah Toy was responsible for him losing it. Mind, one of her minions actually did the deed—with acid, no less—but I hold Ah Toy ultimately responsible, since the woman had tortured her minion and broken her sanity to the point that spraying Arden with acid seemed an acceptable response. Seriously, the minion’s state was … Words fail, Christian. It was terrible. We saved the others like her and the rest of the sex slaves and they are now in proper hands getting the care they need. <br><br> | ||
| − | Kiera moved heaven and earth to save Arden. She managed, but not without some cost. He looks different now. Arden’s still handsome, because Kiera’s the best damn plastic surgeon in the Verse and she won’t accept anything but the most beautiful possible outcome, but he looks different. There are still some small issues with rehab, but he’s healing. Physically, at any rate. I’m not sure how he is emotionally. He and I aren’t really close, even after 4 years of flying together, and he’s not really the emotionally sharing type. I’m really not sure how to respond. Growing up with four brothers who hated showing weakness isn’t doing me | + | Kiera moved heaven and earth to save Arden. She managed, but not without some cost. He looks different now. Arden’s still handsome, because Kiera’s the best damn plastic surgeon in the Verse and she won’t accept anything but the most beautiful possible outcome, but he looks different. There are still some small issues with rehab, but he’s healing. Physically, at any rate. I’m not sure how he is emotionally. He and I aren’t really close, even after 4 years of flying together, and he’s not really the emotionally sharing type. I’m really not sure how to respond. Growing up with four brothers who hated showing weakness isn’t doing me no favors here and this is one of the times I deeply wish you were here.<br><br> |
Even so, he and Nika have something in common now and I hope they are finding ways to share it. For sure, their frame of reference is different from ours by necessity and I hope it’s something that can help them both come back from what they’ve gone through. No one should have to go through this alone. Arden is alive and with us and still able to do what he does best and given how much he’s had to recover, that’s saying something. There is another benefit, one I’m not sure we’ve entirely mapped out: he no longer looks like Swordsman. I don’t know how Arden feels about it, if anything, but … I guess we’ll see if we ever cross paths with the man again.<br><br> | Even so, he and Nika have something in common now and I hope they are finding ways to share it. For sure, their frame of reference is different from ours by necessity and I hope it’s something that can help them both come back from what they’ve gone through. No one should have to go through this alone. Arden is alive and with us and still able to do what he does best and given how much he’s had to recover, that’s saying something. There is another benefit, one I’m not sure we’ve entirely mapped out: he no longer looks like Swordsman. I don’t know how Arden feels about it, if anything, but … I guess we’ll see if we ever cross paths with the man again.<br><br> | ||
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'''Go Back to ''[[Letters To Lem]]'' '''<br> | '''Go Back to ''[[Letters To Lem]]'' '''<br> | ||
'''Go Back to ''[[Peripatetica - Rina's Journal entry and RP log]]'''''<br> | '''Go Back to ''[[Peripatetica - Rina's Journal entry and RP log]]'''''<br> | ||
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'''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[MTimeline#2511-2518|TIMELINE]]'''<br> | '''Go to [[EPISODES]]''' or '''[[MTimeline#2511-2518|TIMELINE]]'''<br> | ||
