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Other than what?

War. Revolution. ~~[Terrorism.]~~ Whichever you'd consider it.

Might I ask why? Not that I don't approve, really. *War brings good eating and lots of entertainment for a wendigo.*

Because change is necessary.

Surely you agree if you truly do approve?

Change keeps things interesting, at least. *Says the guy who has lived in the same place for 150 years or so . . .*

The purpose of this isn't to make things "interesting." [Gosh, Ives, rude.] It's to right a thousand wrongs.

There will always be more work to do.

I can't argue with that. It has to start somewhere, though.

If you ever need another soldier, or somewhere to sleep, I can offer both.

I am no commander, but I appreciate your offer. Perhaps I'll accept it sometime.

May I ask who your enemy is?

Oppression, and those who would perpetuate it. [Waxing poetic there, a bit.]

That's awfully unspecific and thus unwinnable, isn't it?

There are always other options, most of them just suck.

You must be in a fortunate position to believe that.

Probably. [Because, generally speaking, people will use who she is against her. Girl's privileged AF, but she does have some understanding of how the world works. She's not without a heart.] I'm not arguing your point, though. Sometimes it really does feel like there are no other options because you feel so strongly about something, but someone else might have done things differently. In an alternate universe, maybe you did things differently. Whatever it is that you did or... didn't do... if that makes any sense. [Truthfully, she confuses even herself at times.]

Those who tried to do things differently never accomplished anything.

[Her words give him something to think on, briefly. But he can't imagine a universe in which things played out differently.]

Perhaps I might have. But it is this life that matters now.

Only to someone who isn't willing to work towards change.

So, what did you do, exactly? [Because, I mean, at this point she's more than a little interested.]

Incited a rebellion. Put simply. [No biggie.]

I see. [Why, she almost looks impressed.] My brother-in-law did that. He's dead now, so I mean, if anything you've got that going for you.

[Weird.] My life doesn't matter to me one way or another. But I am sorry for your loss.

It should. You started this whole rebellion, yes? Don't you want to see how things turn out? And thank you, but we weren't very close.

It would certainly be fulfilling to see my efforts successful, but... [Yikes. He just shakes his head.] I only acted in the first place to seek justice, and now I feel that I, too, need to be brought to it.

I don't regret what I did, mind you, but I understand it was wrong by some measure.

Human nature isn't easy to change. Everyone worth mentioning has already tried, I'd say.

I never said it was easy. But it is necessary.

Why? I quite like humans as they are--stupid and easily led.

[RUDE?? Who does this guy think he is?]

Not as easily as some would believe. [That definitely has no double meaning. Neither one of them are accusatory. Honest...]

*Not a human, obviously.*

Just because you want to think well of them doesn't mean they're not sheep and good for nothing but mutton.