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[strove]

@clarke.griffin ■ ▲ ◌ ▼

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[coalitions]

Defense combat, escape strategy, stealth, basic first aid. Nothing too much for the common person, but they would be more ready for the next disaster.

[strove]

You know, the people in this world were all raised to believe they'd never have to experience this. Not on this scale.

I envy them for it.

[coalitions]

I don't know what it would feel like, to be raised with so much innocence and security. Do you wonder who you would be, if this was the world you were born into?

[strove]

[She thinks of Zerzura, and of the pain she caused herself and others. Is that who she'd be?

Clarke can't imagine a life that's peaceful.]

No. I don't wonder because it's not who I am.

And these people are being shaped into someone else, too. Whether they want it or not.

[coalitions]

I think I would be someone else entirely and so not me.

They are. But humans are adaptable. We've proven that over and over again, I don't think these ones will be any different. They'll learn to be harder.