i reach out to my lifeline, the angels laugh in paradise
El watches Fox carefully as he responds, searching his eyes for deception or insincerity. He seems nothing but sincere, however, and El can even detect some bitterness which mirrors their own. They're a little shocked at this; they hadn't realized that not all Ascended were loyal to one another and to the Voice. The hostility in them softens once they consider that Fox had no obligation to explain himself to them, but did so anyway, and with an apology at that.
"I thought all Ascended were the same. Throwing their weight around as favored of the Voice and not caring if regular people get hurt. But I guess you're proving me wrong," they said all this with a rueful smile, leaning over on one foot, then the other. "You really don't feel any loyalty to them? Then why join them at all?" It was only after they asked the questions that they realized they were prying and remembered this man was a stranger to them. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to. It's probably hard to talk about."
"I thought all Ascended were the same. Throwing their weight around as favored of the Voice and not caring if regular people get hurt. But I guess you're proving me wrong," they said all this with a rueful smile, leaning over on one foot, then the other. "You really don't feel any loyalty to them? Then why join them at all?" It was only after they asked the questions that they realized they were prying and remembered this man was a stranger to them. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to. It's probably hard to talk about."
they say i am my own lifeline
ELEFTHERIA
