[ The words are infused with conviction, and supplanted with a rush of faces: Miller tossing him a gun, Harper and Monty side by side in the Rover, Raven's sharp smile from the front seat, Clarke in front of him on the beach, Murphy's dirt-smeared face lit up in the dark. (Ghosting at the edges, Monroe's dying gasps.) His people. His team. They had survived everything together. ]
You have us now. We're your team, Asuka. That means we share the failure and the victories. And I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on failing down here.
[ Victory isn't quite the right word. This isn't like any war he'd ever fought in. The victories are almost hollow; there's more relief at surviving than exhilaration over their ill-defined progress. It's hard to be satisfied in any lasting way.
Maybe that would change if they ever confronted their enemy. Right now, it feels more like chasing ghosts from planet to planet. ]
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[ The words are infused with conviction, and supplanted with a rush of faces: Miller tossing him a gun, Harper and Monty side by side in the Rover, Raven's sharp smile from the front seat, Clarke in front of him on the beach, Murphy's dirt-smeared face lit up in the dark. (Ghosting at the edges, Monroe's dying gasps.) His people. His team. They had survived everything together. ]
You have us now. We're your team, Asuka. That means we share the failure and the victories. And I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on failing down here.
[ Victory isn't quite the right word. This isn't like any war he'd ever fought in. The victories are almost hollow; there's more relief at surviving than exhilaration over their ill-defined progress. It's hard to be satisfied in any lasting way.
Maybe that would change if they ever confronted their enemy. Right now, it feels more like chasing ghosts from planet to planet. ]