[ kovacs has already spent a good degree of time considering the deal he's made, trying to decide the right he has in even trying to change the course of events that led to the battle of stronghold. changing it would mean holding a power to no one should ever have and if he goes through it, he'll betray the envoys on the very thing they fought and died to prevent.
it's when he learns about someone else's fate, someone else on the station he's come to care about, that he considers a second option, something he isn't even sure is possible. ]
You're Viveca, right? [ of course he knows her by now, but he hasn't had a direct conversation with her yet, having had most of his questions answered by others. what he needs to ask now, though, seems like something only she'd be able to tell him. ]
Listen — this deal we've all made, it all has to do with changing something in our own past, right? I need to know if ... is it possible to change my deal to help someone else here on the station?
audio; backdate to pre-sleeper mission
it's when he learns about someone else's fate, someone else on the station he's come to care about, that he considers a second option, something he isn't even sure is possible. ]
You're Viveca, right? [ of course he knows her by now, but he hasn't had a direct conversation with her yet, having had most of his questions answered by others. what he needs to ask now, though, seems like something only she'd be able to tell him. ]
Listen — this deal we've all made, it all has to do with changing something in our own past, right? I need to know if ... is it possible to change my deal to help someone else here on the station?