headinjuries: & the girl beside me didn't fill in any bubbles she just wrote in huge letters RETIRE across the whole sheet (i had to do a class evaluation today)
sam "flying jackhammer" alexander ✧ nova ([personal profile] headinjuries) wrote in [community profile] station722016-09-13 05:43 pm

mental link, day...36? sure.

[ Technically, it came up a few days ago, but Sam's been letting something bounce around in his head to see if the possibility gets less troublesome after he sleeps on it. And sleeps on it a couple more times.

or he's just saying it late so the newbies can hear it too, w/e

It's not getting any less freaky. So, out of left field: ]


( So if aliens can hack our emotions, do we...actually know they can't mess with everything else? Memories? Are we actually who we think we are?

What if there
is no spoon? )
adamance: (seeking out peace)

[personal profile] adamance 2016-09-17 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Did he just imply that a spider talked to him about responsibility?

... Well, one of her broodmates is Ahsoka, so she's seen weird things. And thus rolls with it (but there is the sense that, yes, she understood that as "a spider told me a lesson about responsibility").]


( It's a difficult lesson to undertake. ... I believe that it's possible to sacrifice too much along the way. Striking a balance is difficult. But there are some things you can't impact, and you didn't choose to come here, Sam. You can't hate yourself for a failure you can't reverse, and may not have been able to reverse. You can only fight this war, and hope we're more effectual at it than those who came before us. )
Edited 2016-09-17 19:44 (UTC)
adamance: (SOLDIER ON)

[personal profile] adamance 2016-09-18 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
( You may not now. But it's easy to find yourself on that path.

While you're here, you can still be a hero.
) [It's a concept she doesn't actually subscribe to, but she understands that it's something significant to his world and worldview. That's something she can readily accept.]

( Many here are selfish. Focused on revenge. Their personal needs. ) [Lexa names no names, but he'll recall their conversation about Castor.] ( But many of us do not want to see more from our world targeted by the Enemy or to know they may turn up at the Station. This is a war we need to end.

You took on that role for a reason, Sam. I don't get the impression it's one you'd drop because of a significant setback.
)

[Because in the end, that's what it is in her eyes.]
adamance: (no room for guilt)

[personal profile] adamance 2016-09-21 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[There are many people who don't see a point to this, and that's where Lexa is frustrated. But it's provided her some clarity, too—to see where her purpose and her perspective stands in direct opposition to how others have been raised, how they've survived, how they view themselves. She's used to being responsible for the many, even if it can hardly be called a heroic act.

And times, she's done a great deal of things that are less than heroic.

Still, she can see where her cause can meet his, and that's what matters most.]


( You're welcome. )

[Having said her piece, she leaves things there.]