[ there's a faint trace of humor in her tone, there. ]
I understand your frustration, but I share what I can, when it becomes relevant. Right now, all you need to know is that yes, we failed in the past, but we learned from our mistakes.
[ an edge of steel enters her voice. ] No one has programmed me. I am my own person, with my own choices, even if I my existence differs from yours. I have not lied to you. And I don't lie when I say the Commander is the last person to make a deal with the Orb. If you want to know why we're doing this... we want to do what we failed to do before — gather the orbs and keep them here.
You're a Marine. Your job is to stop pirates from endangering the people who live in the islands. Is it so hard to believe we want to do the same? Our job is to stop the orbs from messing up world after world.
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[ there's a faint trace of humor in her tone, there. ]
I understand your frustration, but I share what I can, when it becomes relevant. Right now, all you need to know is that yes, we failed in the past, but we learned from our mistakes.
[ an edge of steel enters her voice. ] No one has programmed me. I am my own person, with my own choices, even if I my existence differs from yours. I have not lied to you. And I don't lie when I say the Commander is the last person to make a deal with the Orb. If you want to know why we're doing this... we want to do what we failed to do before — gather the orbs and keep them here.
You're a Marine. Your job is to stop pirates from endangering the people who live in the islands. Is it so hard to believe we want to do the same? Our job is to stop the orbs from messing up world after world.