An Apology
[Isabella clears her voice before tentatively speaking into the comm, her voice soft and dripping with grief and remorse. There is a pause; she's scrambling for the proper thing to say. But years of training and decorum have not prepared her for this.]
I... I would like to offer my most sincere apologies to Hannibal King, Brynhildr Dottir, Marco Devela, and Sulphur.
I have always prided myself on my ability to keep myself in control, to restrain the Beast that lurks within me, and for keeping to my humanitas as well as I have been taught to. Twice now on this ship I have taken the lives of passengers; people I swore to protect from my kind on this vessel upon my arrival. Twice I have failed. You cannot begin to fathom how deeply I regret my actions towards the four of you.
I wish for atonement. I do not deserve this, I know, but I offer my attempts at amends in the hopes that it might make you feel an attempt at restitution has been properly made. I understand that I deserve death a thousand times over for what I have put you through. Were I able to succeed in the Final Death aboard this ship, I assure you, it would be done.
I offer myself to you, that you may beat me within an inch of death, so that you are not punished. No amount of pain I may suffer could possibly repay for the suffering that I have put you through.
Once again, I am truly, truly sorry.
I... I would like to offer my most sincere apologies to Hannibal King, Brynhildr Dottir, Marco Devela, and Sulphur.
I have always prided myself on my ability to keep myself in control, to restrain the Beast that lurks within me, and for keeping to my humanitas as well as I have been taught to. Twice now on this ship I have taken the lives of passengers; people I swore to protect from my kind on this vessel upon my arrival. Twice I have failed. You cannot begin to fathom how deeply I regret my actions towards the four of you.
I wish for atonement. I do not deserve this, I know, but I offer my attempts at amends in the hopes that it might make you feel an attempt at restitution has been properly made. I understand that I deserve death a thousand times over for what I have put you through. Were I able to succeed in the Final Death aboard this ship, I assure you, it would be done.
I offer myself to you, that you may beat me within an inch of death, so that you are not punished. No amount of pain I may suffer could possibly repay for the suffering that I have put you through.
Once again, I am truly, truly sorry.