[ Her gaze softens ever so slightly at that. Politics. War. She knows she'll never see the end of it. She's a killing machine. That's her life. What she was made to do. ]
I don't get the chance to sit down and talk with people. They're usually dead by the time I get to the body.
[John wishes he could say something comforting, but he spends his whole life trying to fix things and some things, like this, losing people and not getting to have even a moment without war, this is something that he can't soothe the pain of, not in a stranger like Kerrigan nor long time companions, like the people he's fought with for the past five years.]
...We're here now, talking, so I think you can count this one as a win, Lieutenant. Even if talking with a stranger is a very tiny victory, it's still a victory. [He gives her a small smile.]
[ Kerrigan gave up on a normal life a long time ago. The day she woke up in that room with that Zerg thing with no idea who she was, or where home was? She knew life wouldn't be normal. She's a ghost. The only different thing now is that she has no cause to fight for. Arcturus left her to die. She's been on the roam since then. If he ever found out she was alive... ]
A stranger who hasn't been hired to kill me. [ She's sure Arcturus has a bounty on her head. ] Small victories don't win the day, Commander.
[Shepard decides, then, that he wants to diffuse the situation a little. It feels a little too heavy for him, though he knows far too much about the weight of the world, or every world, on his shoulders and one conversation with a pretty stranger isn't going to weigh him down any more than he already has been. Still, humour is his best weapon.]
How do you know? I could have been hired specifically to exterminate you and I'm merely biding my time. [He gives her a quick smirk, shaking his head.] No, but a lot of small victories win the war. I've fought enough wars to know that.
[ They're soldiers in a bar. It'd be rather out of character if they didn't share one or two depressing moments about war. Kerrigan smiles a bit before looking at him. ]
I'd hear you trying to figure out the best way to do it. [ The smile turns into a smirk. ] They can. It depends on what small victories they are.
You'd hear me? [He raises a brow and crosses his arms at her, not sure what to make of it. He's heard of telepathic races before but this is curious.] There's a lot of victories you could have, but I'm sure you'd know better which ones will win your war.
I've never heard of that. Psionics-- I'm guessing that's like biotics, but for the mind. [The asari would be fascinated, so would Kaidan for that matter.]
...I'm sorry that happened to you, Kerrigan. [And his tone is genuine, because that's just horrific.]
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I don't get the chance to sit down and talk with people. They're usually dead by the time I get to the body.
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...We're here now, talking, so I think you can count this one as a win, Lieutenant. Even if talking with a stranger is a very tiny victory, it's still a victory. [He gives her a small smile.]
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A stranger who hasn't been hired to kill me. [ She's sure Arcturus has a bounty on her head. ] Small victories don't win the day, Commander.
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How do you know? I could have been hired specifically to exterminate you and I'm merely biding my time. [He gives her a quick smirk, shaking his head.] No, but a lot of small victories win the war. I've fought enough wars to know that.
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I'd hear you trying to figure out the best way to do it. [ The smile turns into a smirk. ] They can. It depends on what small victories they are.
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[ She shifts the rifle in her hands. ] I'm out of my war. Forcibly removed.
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[He shakes his head faintly.] What happened?
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[ The laughing tone suddenly goes away. ] I watched my C.O. turn his battleships around and leave the planet he sent me down to.
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...I'm sorry that happened to you, Kerrigan. [And his tone is genuine, because that's just horrific.]
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