It's Lord of the Flies in my mind tonight
“Of course,” she replies firmly, with the confidence (ha) of someone who’s already thought about this. “This isn’t a suicide mission. If we can’t live and succeed, I’d rather us live. It’s an easy choice.”
Is it a foolhardy, stupidly brave thing to do? Yes, yes it probably is. The course of events have led the Ascended to a place where they could let the monsters stay and gain invisibility to them, but as someone who wants the area to be safe for everyone to live in (and let’s be honest, being the one to end the plague of Monsters would be a massive ego boost), it seems like a logical goal. She knows her people. They’re stubborn. They don’t want to go to Torchline.
And they shouldn’t have to.
“I’m heading to Halo soon - do you need me to pick anything up for you? Pass along any messages?”
Is it a foolhardy, stupidly brave thing to do? Yes, yes it probably is. The course of events have led the Ascended to a place where they could let the monsters stay and gain invisibility to them, but as someone who wants the area to be safe for everyone to live in (and let’s be honest, being the one to end the plague of Monsters would be a massive ego boost), it seems like a logical goal. She knows her people. They’re stubborn. They don’t want to go to Torchline.
And they shouldn’t have to.
“I’m heading to Halo soon - do you need me to pick anything up for you? Pass along any messages?”
