mental link; it's a catbus!

[wille]

[ It's an ungodly hour of the night as these things go, with both Misato and Gildor's minds flickering to announce their presence to all. Forceful and unapologetic, for her part, while urgent and unsettling, for his part. They insist on your attention. ]

( Everyone. We found something out there beyond the barrier. It was too dark for us to see much-- )

(Or anything, for some of us, but-- )

( But it's massive-- )

(Big as the shuttles that brought us-- )

( And predatory. At least, it seemed pretty clear that it wanted to take a chunk out of us. Some of you found tracks the other day, right? Let's talk. )
 

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[adamance]

( Running where? You act on impulse. With reckless abandon. All I've done here is speak. And rather shortly, I might add.

Consider what it means to constantly act upon your fears, Misato. )

[And drag everyone else into it. It's not that she had more than a surface level annoyance with Misato at first. She can handle that kind of impulsiveness, even if it annoys her. But now that she's made a thing out of Lexa being That Person about this announcement, now Lexa is willing to strike out, to make something of it.]

[wille]

( Consider this, Lexa, everyone fears something. It's up to you to decide what to do in the face of that. Thinking you're any different is just closing an eye what you don't like -- which, I might add, you seem to have a habit of doing. )

[adamance]

( What I present and what I do are two different things. )

[The words themselves stem from a conversation with Clarke. Lexa had been frustrated with Clarke's response, but she did have a point: no one can know what Lexa conceals if she continues to conceal it.]

( As for what I fear. ) [There's a sense of her grounding herself in these words, a sense of drama, like she's trying to make a point and draw Misato's attention to it even more firmly.] ( I act to keep these people alive. Just as I did for my people. What concerns me right now happens to be action without consideration. We are prey here, Misato. We'd be wise to face up to it. )

[wille]

[ The mistake here, if it is one, stems from Misato's choice to see herself in Lexa with all the insight and falsity that yields, placing herself in her shoes and attributing her intentions to the other woman's words. ]

( Really? You're gonna use this -- talking about your fear -- to try and work me? )

[ It's a clever tool, to seem as if one is admitting weakness only to win the other person's trust, only to lead them where you want them to go. To talk about fear only to mention lesser concerns. Lexa hasn't shown her any cards, and she thinks that's the entire point. ]

( Save the preaching for after you've taken a good look at yourself. )

[adamance]

[When pushed, Lexa is the last person who would try to claim that she doesn't have a manipulative angle nine times out of ten. But sometimes, she is simply being pointed, being cruel. Where Misato sees only the manipulation, Lexa wonders if she misses the rest: including the part where she suggested that Misato's recklessness was something to keep in check. Or perhaps she did recognize it—in suggesting that Lexa was preaching. It's hard to say, as Lexa doesn't tend toward reckless deeds. On the contrary, she'd prefer that Misato continue to be keen to do that for her.

But more than anything, it's apparent that the miscommunication only seems to layer upon itself. Where she says one thing, Lexa finds that Misato finds another. Misato is right that Lexa hasn't actually chosen to reveal anything—beyond a truth, which is that Lexa is trying to protect them. Having the belief that she's the one who can accomplish that comes with a great deal of arrogance, rather than guilt or what might drive others.]

( Once again you forget the words you shared with me before we arrived here. I know better than to hold that against you now. )

[With that, the disruption and disconnect in the link is abrupt. Lexa doesn't have the mental fortitude to handle Misato like this. Nor does she care to try to attempt it.]