[Video]

[araignee_du_soir]

[Widowmaker had finally extracted herself from all the rigamarole that surrounded a new arrival to make her way to the Mess Hall. With a cup of something almost as blue as the color of her skin sitting on the table before her along with her rifle in its shorter Assault mode, she set the omnicom up so she didn't have to hold it in her hand.

What she did have in her hand was the ring they'd given her upon taking that oath. As if an oath was binding...]

I can certainly understand the need for a vetting process, but it appears to be rather pointless to subject would-be saviors to such repetitive examinations when the results do not change. What is the phrase...? [She idly rolled the ring between her fingers as she thought a moment.] Ah, yes. 'Beggars can't be choosers.'

Perhaps I am simply... special. [There was a slight upturn of her lips at that last word.]

Comments

[touchmydragon]

As they are free to. There is no harm in differing opinions, especially on so small a matter.

[araignee_du_soir]

Equality is hardly a small matter. Wars have been fought over such disagreements.

[touchmydragon]

Wars are fought over all manners of opinions, equality among them. It all depends on how one exercises one's opinion. That is what defines that person.

[araignee_du_soir]

[Ugh. Shambali drivel.]

And if one does not have an opinion?

[touchmydragon]

I would either pity or envy that person for not having a care in the world.

[araignee_du_soir]

Would it not be liberating?

[touchmydragon]

....no. I can see the benefits but, in the end, it would make me less human.

[araignee_du_soir]

I find it interesting you hold your humanity in such high regard, being a student of the Shambali.

[touchmydragon]

The Shambali have no concerns over who is man or machine.

[Though Genji does have an investment in it. Though now he is quite suspicious.]

[araignee_du_soir]

And yet you - an amalgam of man and machine - hold yourself to one over the other. And that is interesting.

[She waved her hand dismissively.] But I am most certainly not a student, so I will refrain from such philosophical discourse.

[touchmydragon]

No matter what mechanical parts drive me, I am still human inside. That is what matters over all other things.

[She may not be a student but Genji wanted to make that clear.]

[araignee_du_soir]

I can accept that. Do others?

[touchmydragon]

What others accept, I do not know. Nor will I push them to answer. All that matters is what I believe.

[araignee_du_soir]

That is something I most certainly agree with.

[touchmydragon]

...while I respect that, the way you word it makes me sceptical.

[araignee_du_soir]

Why is that? There is much about a person's actions and beliefs that are misunderstood by others. Few of us have the ability or desire to explain something that will not be relateable to others.

[touchmydragon]

I will not deny that truth. But your knowledge of the Shambali monks leads me to question things. In an interdimensional universe, I must be cautious of those who have knowledge of the world where I exist.

[araignee_du_soir]

I would be worried if you were not cautious. Though I extend that caution to anyone in an interdimensional universe where people have unique abilities that do not exist in our world.

[She doesn't trust anyone that's not Talon and even then she only trusts them so far.]

[touchmydragon]

Rather than caution, you should extend welcome. What people here have been through....we do not know. Ostracizing them would not be right.

[araignee_du_soir]

Caution and ostracism are not the same thing, and one can extend a cautious welcome. There are many shades of grey.

[touchmydragon]

One can remain wary but a greater first impression can carry a bigger reward all on it own. Caution without reason is simply unneeded fear.

[araignee_du_soir]

I believe we are talking circles around each other.

[touchmydragon]

And if that was my goal...?

[araignee_du_soir]

Then I shall congratulate you.

[touchmydragon]

No need. It was not my goal but it serves its own purpose.