You make it sound as though I were offered much of a choice. Also, I'm not the only one here who has a world at stake. Almost everyone else here does as well. That's a lot of contracts that, if terminated, could result in a lot of dead planets and dead people. I want to prevent that from happening.
[She looks down at her feet with a sigh.]
One planet is nothing in the face of the countless others our contracts serve to protect. It isn't fair - and I'm aware that taken to its extreme, that line of thinking becomes fallible, but right now it's a necessary evil.
[ There is nothing that he values more than his world. Than his country. He will do absolutely anything he has to in order to keep it safe.
That's not the line he uses, though. ]
When I take a job, I finish it. Taking it to its extreme is no bad thing, when it's an extreme situation. There's no point in making your world their next target. You're right.
I'm hoping most people here with an ounce of sense won't argue with that logic.
[Martyrdom has no place in a delicate contract like this. There are no heroes here, only people dealing with the best of a really bad situation.]
Seems like we're on the same page, then. I'm not one to leave missions half-done either. Here's to working together in the future, if only to get the job done.
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You make it sound as though I were offered much of a choice. Also, I'm not the only one here who has a world at stake. Almost everyone else here does as well. That's a lot of contracts that, if terminated, could result in a lot of dead planets and dead people. I want to prevent that from happening.
[She looks down at her feet with a sigh.]
One planet is nothing in the face of the countless others our contracts serve to protect. It isn't fair - and I'm aware that taken to its extreme, that line of thinking becomes fallible, but right now it's a necessary evil.
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[ There is nothing that he values more than his world. Than his country. He will do absolutely anything he has to in order to keep it safe.
That's not the line he uses, though. ]
When I take a job, I finish it. Taking it to its extreme is no bad thing, when it's an extreme situation. There's no point in making your world their next target. You're right.
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[Martyrdom has no place in a delicate contract like this. There are no heroes here, only people dealing with the best of a really bad situation.]
Seems like we're on the same page, then. I'm not one to leave missions half-done either. Here's to working together in the future, if only to get the job done.
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[ Moralising is all too common here. It doesn't help, not in his eyes. But that never seems to stop anyone.
He nods to her, though. ]
You seem the practical sort. I'll look forward to it.