[Well. That's definitely a good point. She rubs her face, shifts in place.]
...that's probably true. Or... maybe true. But.
[A little stretch of silence. She drags a finger along her arm, thinking, and when she speaks again, her voice is... a bit different. More sure, but quieter. More the soldier and less the hurt girl.]
I've been thinking about the situation here for... a long time. Since you arrived most of all, but before that, too. The two of thm together, their alliance, even if it's only tentative right now... it's already disastrous as it is. And they're going to come after you eventually, especially after you killed their um, sidekick.
Just like I know Riful will eventually come after me. Because she's afraid of me, and she knows I can't fight her now. I think... if there's even a chance that I won't come back, she'll take it one day. Especially with you here. ...especially if she knows or finds out about us.
Isn't that what you said when you first arrived? That everyone from our world, no matter their differences, were united in wanting to keep us apart? I know that's true. And now I've cut off Deneve's information source, so she's probably even more nervous than she was. Especially since I kind of threatened her.
Which means... [She pinches the bridge of her nose, as though thinking this way is a strain.]
Which means. Even aside from my personal vendetta... something needs to be done before they do something. If it's possible for them to come together - Riful and Luciela, or the soldiers who are my former comrades - we'll only ever be at war. Even if there's no actual battle. In a way, we already are. [A cold war. But a war nonetheless.] And we'll always be outnumbered.
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...that's probably true. Or... maybe true. But.
[A little stretch of silence. She drags a finger along her arm, thinking, and when she speaks again, her voice is... a bit different. More sure, but quieter. More the soldier and less the hurt girl.]
I've been thinking about the situation here for... a long time. Since you arrived most of all, but before that, too. The two of thm together, their alliance, even if it's only tentative right now... it's already disastrous as it is. And they're going to come after you eventually, especially after you killed their um, sidekick.
Just like I know Riful will eventually come after me. Because she's afraid of me, and she knows I can't fight her now. I think... if there's even a chance that I won't come back, she'll take it one day. Especially with you here. ...especially if she knows or finds out about us.
Isn't that what you said when you first arrived? That everyone from our world, no matter their differences, were united in wanting to keep us apart? I know that's true. And now I've cut off Deneve's information source, so she's probably even more nervous than she was. Especially since I kind of threatened her.
Which means... [She pinches the bridge of her nose, as though thinking this way is a strain.]
Which means. Even aside from my personal vendetta... something needs to be done before they do something. If it's possible for them to come together - Riful and Luciela, or the soldiers who are my former comrades - we'll only ever be at war. Even if there's no actual battle. In a way, we already are. [A cold war. But a war nonetheless.] And we'll always be outnumbered.