04 | The Thousands

[nirvananation]

[Thailand is standing out, marching down random streets....singing as he does so.]

Oh, say can you see
By the dawns early light,
What so proudly we hailed,
At the twilight's last gleaming.

[And quite randomly, Thailand's words go from unaccented english, to something that sounds like it came from Google translate. Which they did.]

The band width and

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[glowing_science]

[Ema watches him go through an entire rendition of the song. Some of the words are a bit off, but the sentiment stands. She decides in a rather snap judgment that she likes this guy.

And since this is obviously subversive and investigating subversion is her job, she approaches him. No one ever told her that she had to turn anyone in afterward.]

That's a pretty gutsy move, considering where we are.

[nirvananation]

[He smiles when he see's her, bowing in greeting.]

Gutsy...perhaps it is. But it is something I must do, ana. [Because he will not bow to their will. It would go against everything he believes.]

[glowing_science]

Take a stand, you mean?

It's probably un-Soviet to say this, but good for you.

[nirvananation]

That is correct. I am going to stand up for what I believe in, no matter what the consequence may be.

[glowing_science]

Thank you for that.