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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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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Good.
I'll see you in the morning.
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Good night.
[ Roughly about half an hour later. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I'm sorry I upset you.
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It's not your fault. I knew I would have to live with the things I do here.
I'm just worried about you.
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It's all right. This wouldn't be the first time I'd done something stupid. It probably won't be the last.
I'll be fine.
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You are so stupid d'Artagnan.
I'll save you if you get in trouble.
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I don't need you to protect me, Alina. I need you to worry about yourself.