Mar 22, 2011 12:25
[ Miyako sounds a little uneasy when her voice is picked up, but she isn't speaking to the Forge. ]
- didn't mean to imply that this was anything other than horrific and deeply tragic, sir, simply that it isn't the first happening of its kind here, even recently.
[ The 'sir' she's addressing sounds angry, almost bitter, and very close. ]
Yeah, and it's probably not the first one you've been involved in, either, am I right?
I had nothing to do with-
You lot. All of you.
[ They're both quiet for a moment. ]
I can't speak for anyone else, sir, only myself. All I can say is that if I were in your place, whoever killed my husband, Scorched or Native, certainly wouldn't live to do it again.
Excuse me.
[ There's a short rush of wind against the Forge. The next time Miyako speaks, it's shakily. ]
I wish we could help these people without being persecuted. A single good deed is enough to condemn one of us, it seems.
[ Now she sounds almost bitter. ]
I'd like to believe that none of us are responsible, for solidarity's sake, but that would be foolish of me, wouldn't it?
river tam,
!miyako shiba,
gin ichimaru