Sam
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
The Voice might see the Blight as 'no harm done', but Sam knew people outside of the Ascended would struggle with that perspective. If it were that easy, he wouldn't have had a knife against his neck in his shop or heard words of anger from Jigano. But this wasn't the time to argue, to tell her it would be a good idea to do something. What that would be he didn't know.
He stayed quiet for a while, until Rexanna suddenly pulled him close for a hug; the touch was unexpected and at first he was stiff, hands hovering awkwardly around her back, but then he hugged her back, mumbling: "You too."
Sitting back, he waited for the answer to Wessex's question. It really was in a lot of ways what everything depended on; if the portal led to somewhere judged worthwhile of all the pain the Blight put the people through, maybe it would be a path to redemption.
