[Another nod, because she understands that, too. So many times, she defined herself through the mission, as Oracle; enough that she felt guilty, felt wrong being anything else.
But that's no way to live.]
Maybe not. Maybe it's not your actions themselves, that need to change, not all of them. [She thinks of the Emperor, of the choices he's had to make. Not all of them were avoidable; the devil is in the details.]
I'm still going to kill a man when I go home, but it's not about me. It's not about my pain, or my grief, or my vengeance.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:05 pm (UTC)But that's no way to live.]
Maybe not. Maybe it's not your actions themselves, that need to change, not all of them. [She thinks of the Emperor, of the choices he's had to make. Not all of them were avoidable; the devil is in the details.]
I'm still going to kill a man when I go home, but it's not about me. It's not about my pain, or my grief, or my vengeance.