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[wineandwomen]

[When the feed comes on, Cross can be seen kneeling on the floor in a meeting room. Maria's skirt can be seen off to the side as her master listens in on the conversation before him. Cross is safe from view behind Maria's curtain but he won't linger long just in case someone moved and headed in his direction. After a few minutes of listening in to

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[AUDIOJAAAAAAAAAAAACK]

[fallforthesky]

[You know, this is one of those broadcasts that make her feel sick to her stomach. She's still a little shaky on her feet and tired from the flu that knocked her out of commission last week, but when she catches the words "do away with the city and those living in it" while listening halfheartedly to Cross and Allen's broadcast, there's suddenly adrenaline buzzing all the way to her fingertips.]

They can't mean that. [It's a filler phrase; something to start conversation because she's fully aware that they can and clearly do, and won't you kindly stay still while we line you up and shoot you down? She could just kick herself for letting Kanda travel to Credinta so often.] It's one thing not to want us to come near their city, but to contemplate genocide...!

[GOD DAMN IT LENA]

[wineandwomen]

[It was a bit of a surprise to hear Lenalee just jumping in the fray of his conversation with Allen. Not completely unexpected as it was still a public feed but still...]

I wouldn't call it genocide exactly... The arguments made for wanting the city wiped out were valid as were those against it. They're at a standstill, Lenalee. It's not something that would happen easily.

[SNOOPING YOUR PUBLIC FEEDS, AWWRIGHT]

[fallforthesky]

[She's surprisingly keen about keeping up with the feeds on the network, even if she doesn't comment to them. This one, though- she can't ignore it. Not when anxiety is bubbling up in her stomach, flickering through a mental checklist of who's able-bodied and who isn't.

Surprisingly hotly for a young girl speaking to a General:] The arguments for wanting to demolish this place are valid? There are people living here who have no choice in the matter, who don't get any say in what happens to them if the plans were to go through. Easy or not, afraid or not, they shouldn't speak of something like that so lightly.

What were the arguments against it like?