[ It’s crucially important to take care of this city if they want any kind of better quality of life, if they want any of these people to improve. She thinks, briefly, to suggest that it might be some time before they are able to return home and reconsiders — some of them, after all, might not be able to return at all. So Mel nods her agreement, offering a quiet sigh. ]
Negotiations prove rather fruitless when we have enough of our number trying to rattle the cage. Not that I blame them.
[ In her darker moments, when she knows the bird-soul is at its loudest, she wishes she could strike out and do something, even when her rational mind knows such a thing would be foolish even on the best of days. ]
I fear we don’t have enough time for it. I am…quickly changing, and I no longer know how palatable I can be for the people here. [ It’s frustrating. It shows in her eyes, that harder edge of glinted hazel. ] We’ve been brought here to help them, to help this world, and surely Patho-Gen knows what we’ll look like before all of this is over. And still…
[ And still, people will fear them. How much longer can they even stay in the city? ]
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Date: 2025-07-08 08:19 pm (UTC)Negotiations prove rather fruitless when we have enough of our number trying to rattle the cage. Not that I blame them.
[ In her darker moments, when she knows the bird-soul is at its loudest, she wishes she could strike out and do something, even when her rational mind knows such a thing would be foolish even on the best of days. ]
I fear we don’t have enough time for it. I am…quickly changing, and I no longer know how palatable I can be for the people here. [ It’s frustrating. It shows in her eyes, that harder edge of glinted hazel. ] We’ve been brought here to help them, to help this world, and surely Patho-Gen knows what we’ll look like before all of this is over. And still…
[ And still, people will fear them. How much longer can they even stay in the city? ]