Mar 05, 2011 20:20
+hamato leonardo,
!report,
wtf is going on,
+grell sutcliffe,
asking questions,
+fujiko mine,
+hamato raphael,
@hamato raphael,
filter,
+mizuno ami,
@malnosso,
time for a panic attack,
super awkward,
+malnosso,
failing at relationships,
+litchi faye-ling,
@mizuno ami,
tl;dr,
+hamato michelangelo
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I simply... wished to speak with you, Doctor Mizuno. Mostly because I feel that... that in order to understand who you are, I will need to understand why you call yourself a soldier.
... Donatello fights as well. So... perhaps understanding you will help me to understand that part of him, as well. [He's sort of hoping this, even if it's nearly unfathomable right now. At least Donatello did it in self-defense... but...]
... Would you consider what you do self-defense?
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... And you said the alternative... would be destruction? [It's very obvious Robert has trouble with these concepts. He's talking about them like they're not even possible.]
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[They are... not really speaking the same language.]
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... This whole concept with protecting your planet. It... doesn't make sense to me. Why would another species come to attack your planet in the first place?
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... Ruling it? So... they wish to... own your planet? ... What good would that do? Most non-human sapients cannot even live on Terra-like planets...
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Is there a reason you need to ask about this?
[It makes her regret saying anything, letting him know at all, if it's just going to mean questioning, probing, disapproval.]
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I am asking because I hope to gain some sort of understanding. Generally that is how I come to a conclusion...
... Though I suppose this may be an uncomfortable subject to discuss. However, I... I need to... to see if we are still friends after what happened. And... and if I am to truly be your friend, I should make an effort to try to... understand.
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[The voice is even and calm. The question is why it makes Robert uncomfortable now. There comes a time even Ami gets tired of feeling she has to defend herself, and pushes back.]
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I thought that perhaps it would be difficult for you, because of the fact that I do not understand very easily. ... Or even at all. [Though it is very awkward to admit this fact...] But perhaps I am incorrect in this regard and it is only I who is in any discomfort.
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[A lesson a certain man had gone about trying to teach her in all the wrong ways. But she learned some more of that true determination later on.]
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But would it not be easier if I understood you as well? I would wish for my friends to understand me - or at least to make a genuine effort... ... Not that I have much experience with friendships, but... [He sighs a little.]
... Some of it is simply my own curiosity.
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When Donatello told me about his world, he told me about how he was always constantly in danger of being attacked simply because he was different, because of the pre-Terran humans who cannot see him as anything other than something to be reviled.
So I perhaps... wondered if your world is something similar, or if there can be - if there is another reason to want to attack your world.
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