[ Relena will take any potential help she can get. It'll be valuable at some point, she's sure. She doesn't want to think the kindness she's been shown here is a lie, but she knows better to blindly believe it's a truth, either.
At his question, she shakes her head. He is right. She wouldn't want them to. She'd rather it the other way around, though Estinien would scold her for that. ]
Hopefully, it won't come to that, anyway. I think if we play things smart and keep communication open with the people here, we might avoid what happened in Thorne. I'm going to hope, at least.
[ At the very least, the disadvantage they're at here is not as massive as it was in Thorne. They have something to work with here for now. Better to believe things can be approached diplomatically until it's very clear they can't be than the other way around.
She decides to listen to him, but it feels like she's being dragged back into the same conversation she'd had with Estinien, but from a different angle. She wants to hold onto who she is here. She doesn't want to kill just to earn their approval. Fighting is already something outside of what she feels she should do, even with her tossing aside her family name of Peacecraft. Killing... is just beyond her ability to accept. Not at this point. ]
I'm well aware, Nero. It is the efficient way, but that doesn't mean it's the only way or even always the best way. I don't want to kill, and if that leads to me being a burden in a dire situation, I expect to be left behind.... but, he did. He did bring it up... and I'm aware I need to put a lot of thought into what compromises I might need to make. Might have to make.
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At his question, she shakes her head. He is right. She wouldn't want them to. She'd rather it the other way around, though Estinien would scold her for that. ]
Hopefully, it won't come to that, anyway. I think if we play things smart and keep communication open with the people here, we might avoid what happened in Thorne. I'm going to hope, at least.
[ At the very least, the disadvantage they're at here is not as massive as it was in Thorne. They have something to work with here for now. Better to believe things can be approached diplomatically until it's very clear they can't be than the other way around.
She decides to listen to him, but it feels like she's being dragged back into the same conversation she'd had with Estinien, but from a different angle. She wants to hold onto who she is here. She doesn't want to kill just to earn their approval. Fighting is already something outside of what she feels she should do, even with her tossing aside her family name of Peacecraft. Killing... is just beyond her ability to accept. Not at this point. ]
I'm well aware, Nero. It is the efficient way, but that doesn't mean it's the only way or even always the best way. I don't want to kill, and if that leads to me being a burden in a dire situation, I expect to be left behind.... but, he did. He did bring it up... and I'm aware I need to put a lot of thought into what compromises I might need to make. Might have to make.