Cam's face remained in a deep, worried frown despite Wessex's explanation -- they weren't sure that made it any better. They rubbed their own shoulder, feeling a little sick at the thought that the technology now inside them had come from experimentation that resulted in such horrifying monsters being unleashed on the Grounders. Part of them, the cynical part, whispered, No such thing as a free lunch. Most things at home had come with ties to some horror or other, if you dug deep enough, so they really shouldn't have expected their Ascension to be any different. But, still, it struck a hard blow to their opinion of the Voice. For the first time, Cam wondered if maybe people had a good reason to hate her.
"You can't forgive her?" Cam asked, their voice a little shaky. They wanted Wessex to say no -- wanted to hear that you could follow the Voice without excusing her mistakes. Her atrocities. "I mean, I don't know, I think I'd take the bubble -- there was no way to, uh, fix that without the monsters?"
A what if question that Wessex couldn't really answer, Cam realized, as much as they wished she could. They could ask all day long if some other path might have worked, but this was the one that had. Cam shook their head slightly. "It just seems ... I don't have the words. Are there any, uh, other issues I should know about?"
"You can't forgive her?" Cam asked, their voice a little shaky. They wanted Wessex to say no -- wanted to hear that you could follow the Voice without excusing her mistakes. Her atrocities. "I mean, I don't know, I think I'd take the bubble -- there was no way to, uh, fix that without the monsters?"
A what if question that Wessex couldn't really answer, Cam realized, as much as they wished she could. They could ask all day long if some other path might have worked, but this was the one that had. Cam shook their head slightly. "It just seems ... I don't have the words. Are there any, uh, other issues I should know about?"
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"Cameras" by Ennev is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
