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(TM) 162: "I never thought I'd say this, but ..."

Feb 02, 2007 02:36

William Adama sits at his desk in his quarters, updating the ship's logbook. He fills a few pages with the day's events, his movements brisk and spare as they ever are. Once done with the official document, he sets the book aside and pulls out his own personal log, only to stare at it, sitting in front of him, for long minutes ( Read more... )

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number_eight February 2 2007, 09:11:47 UTC

Sharon knew better than to disturb The Old Man when he was in his quarters, but there was something she had to do and say to him. Well, maybe not say -- not tonight, at least -- but she had in her hands a note. She'd written it a few hours ago, after she'd put Hera to sleep for the night.

It was something that she had wanted to say since the moment Admiral Adama had spoken to both Helo and herself about President Roslin's lies. It was something she had discussed generally with him in terms of getting her daughter back. But she could only imagine what the scene had been like when he'd found her dead body next to Helo as she was downloading into the basestar.

Quietly, Sharon slipped her note under the door and went back to her own quarters. She hoped the note was enough and that the Admiral understood. It read:

Dear Admiral Adama ( ... )

OOC 2 mun altitudeandwine February 2 2007, 09:24:17 UTC

I never thought I'd say this, but ...
... I felt sorry for Gaius Baltar.
Ouwie.

(*chuckles at self, remembering the alternatives for the prompt* Yours is better)

as he came out with tortuous, desperate negations: not my fault, didn't intend, not responsible
So very human. And still not right.
Glad you focussed on it.

One day a reckoning will come, and when it does, I'll face it squarely.
We cannot wash our hands of the things we've done. No matter how badly we want to.

Wow.
Powerful.

arrow_of_apollo February 2 2007, 21:29:29 UTC

We all do... things we're not proud of, Dad. But when they happen for the right reasons, or for the good of a lot of people, isn't that enough? We do what we have to do, right?

sheepfairy February 3 2007, 21:11:27 UTC

OOC comment to Mun

OH, I liked that so much! I think it's nice to get back to the character's roots as an idealist, and the ending line is just perfect.

katie_9918 February 4 2007, 01:33:49 UTC

This shouldn't be taken as any indication that you should be taking her advice on any sort of regular basis, but I think Starbuck once said that we're all stuck with the things we're not proud of. And while we may not be able hide from or wash our hands of the things we've done (very eloquent, Admiral), I think you are forgetting one thing. A good person does everything they do with the best intentions possible ( ... )