No it doesn't. But you're a soldier, right d'Artagnan? You should know better than anyone that sometimes you have to make the hard decision to protect others.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
It's not right and I don't like what we have to do, either. [ She's decimated a city before. It still haunts her. What'll a planet do to her? ] We don't have a choice, though. And if I have to do something bad, I might as well save as many lives as I can in the process.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
The lives of my people. The lives of my crew. And by extension, the lives of everyone's worlds from this crew. Because if we fail it's not just our lives. That's why they threatened us with a gun to our planets.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I'll never look at this time in my life with happiness. But at least if I can make myself care about something, maybe I can do some good.
But Alina, this isn't a hard decision. This isn't orders from the King or the Captain. They have no authority except their own, they're a company who do this for profit. Not for the greater good.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Helping them is like paying off a thug who'll burn your land if you don't. Would you do that? Because I didn't become a soldier so that I could do that.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You're a good person. I know you are. Why are you giving in to them?
Except I have served a King who didn't care about my country as much as the CDC have. Not all Kings serve a greater good. Not all people you serve will serve a greater good.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I would do that. I would do anything to protect my country. And I have a chance to protect you and yours too by helping them.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I agreed to come here. I agreed to do this for my people. I've done worse to my people, the least I can do is sell my soul to save them now. [ Oh saints, she sounds like him. ]
I know Kings aren't all good. That's not the point, the point is that the King can order me to do things I don't like. I have to live with that.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
The CDC aren't Kings. Aren't rulers. They're a company. Who's telling them what to do, Alina? Who's paying them to do it? We don't even know who we're really working for.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
How can you have possibly done worse to your people than what's happening here?
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A few days for one errand?
[ Because that's not suspicious at all. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
It's okay, I'll take her. I'll make sure she sees Korol, and rests.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Are you going to be all right, Alina? If this is something dangerous, you'd better be taking backup.
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FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I'll be fine, d'Artagnan. You don't have to worry about me.
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You'd better be.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
When do you want me to take her? I said I'd help Dagger with the distress call.
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Tomorrow. Before 06:00.
If you need to leave her for the day for that, she'll be okay. If it'll be several days then I can ask someone else?
That's good of you to help with that.
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If people need help then I'm doing my duty.
I'll take care of her for you, Alina. Just make sure that you take care of yourself.
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I am. Doing these things helps the crew. And helping the crew helps me feel better.
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You're very loyal to them. To the CDC, I mean.
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They're giving me the means to save my country.
It's not just about that, either. It's about all of us. It's about trying to protect the rest of the crew from what happens if we fail.
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And if we succeed? They’re going to destroy this whole place, Alina. This whole world and everything that lives on it, what right do they have?
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I care about my country too. It’s the only reason I’m still here, but that doesn’t make any of this right.
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No it doesn't. But you're a soldier, right d'Artagnan? You should know better than anyone that sometimes you have to make the hard decision to protect others.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
It's not right and I don't like what we have to do, either. [ She's decimated a city before. It still haunts her. What'll a planet do to her? ] We don't have a choice, though. And if I have to do something bad, I might as well save as many lives as I can in the process.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
The lives of my people. The lives of my crew. And by extension, the lives of everyone's worlds from this crew. Because if we fail it's not just our lives. That's why they threatened us with a gun to our planets.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I'll never look at this time in my life with happiness. But at least if I can make myself care about something, maybe I can do some good.
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But Alina, this isn't a hard decision. This isn't orders from the King or the Captain. They have no authority except their own, they're a company who do this for profit. Not for the greater good.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Helping them is like paying off a thug who'll burn your land if you don't. Would you do that? Because I didn't become a soldier so that I could do that.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You're a good person. I know you are. Why are you giving in to them?
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Except I have served a King who didn't care about my country as much as the CDC have. Not all Kings serve a greater good. Not all people you serve will serve a greater good.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I would do that. I would do anything to protect my country. And I have a chance to protect you and yours too by helping them.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I agreed to come here. I agreed to do this for my people. I've done worse to my people, the least I can do is sell my soul to save them now. [ Oh saints, she sounds like him. ]
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I know Kings aren't all good. That's not the point, the point is that the King can order me to do things I don't like. I have to live with that.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
The CDC aren't Kings. Aren't rulers. They're a company. Who's telling them what to do, Alina? Who's paying them to do it? We don't even know who we're really working for.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
How can you have possibly done worse to your people than what's happening here?
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My hands aren't clean, d'Artagnan.
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
Does it really matter? The end result is the same. If we fail we're all dead along with out planets.
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Of course it matters. How we die matters, and who we've been matters. I want to die a soldier, not a murderer.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I can't turn my back on my world. That doesn't mean I'm ever going to be on their side.
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They don't like that. That'll get you killed if they know that.
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Are you going to tell them?
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No. [ she can't go that far. ]
FROM: starkov.alina@cdc.org
I'm scared for you, though.
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It's not me they're sending away from camp.
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I can handle whatever it is. I'm not scared for me.
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I am.
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I'm coming back for Koroleva. You'll see me then, and I'll punch you for this conversation. And you'll know I'm okay.
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I'll hold you to that.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You're a good person. Please don't let them turn you into something else.
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Please don't give them a reason to kill you.
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I'm tying.
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