[ It's al little much to believe, it never ended well for sirens. No one came for her, no one came for Lilith, -- and Maya had been given to monks. She has no frame for what it must be like, only confusion, hurt, disbelief that the galaxy could be that kind as to help them.
The humour doesn't quite make it all way up to her eyes when she looks at Ahsoka, though she tries to smile. ] No it really doesn't, does it? [ Feels the comfort that she's offering up, that warmth of her hand that in return Angel grips tightly. Holds her like she's not real, the lace of gentle fingers around Ahsoka's. ]
And it's not trick? [ Wait, that sounds -- bad. Like she's doubting it, and she is, but not that the Force exists, just that people can be kind for the sake of it. ] Sorry I don't mean that you're lying to me. I take it that there are a lot of other... Jedi women? [ it's only ever women, to her knowledge, Ahsoka wasn't disproving that. ] And they're not trying to hurt you? Bind you to use you against others? Hunt you down?
[ It wasn't just her and Jack, and his hundred different abuses of her and her abilities. It was the way Maya's first words when meeting people was that she'd destroy them if they tried to capture her. It was the way Lilith had to lie and hide half her life. People were as greedy about something like that as they were quick to destroy what terrified them. Being a siren never saved them, it just dictated the course their life would taken before they ever got to make a choice about it.
She's not looking at the collar, but it's sitting there, heavy on the table beside her, in her mind. Trap, is what comes off her, no freedom, just entrapment. ]
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The humour doesn't quite make it all way up to her eyes when she looks at Ahsoka, though she tries to smile. ] No it really doesn't, does it? [ Feels the comfort that she's offering up, that warmth of her hand that in return Angel grips tightly. Holds her like she's not real, the lace of gentle fingers around Ahsoka's. ]
And it's not trick? [ Wait, that sounds -- bad. Like she's doubting it, and she is, but not that the Force exists, just that people can be kind for the sake of it. ] Sorry I don't mean that you're lying to me. I take it that there are a lot of other... Jedi women? [ it's only ever women, to her knowledge, Ahsoka wasn't disproving that. ] And they're not trying to hurt you? Bind you to use you against others? Hunt you down?
[ It wasn't just her and Jack, and his hundred different abuses of her and her abilities. It was the way Maya's first words when meeting people was that she'd destroy them if they tried to capture her. It was the way Lilith had to lie and hide half her life. People were as greedy about something like that as they were quick to destroy what terrified them. Being a siren never saved them, it just dictated the course their life would taken before they ever got to make a choice about it.
She's not looking at the collar, but it's sitting there, heavy on the table beside her, in her mind. Trap, is what comes off her, no freedom, just entrapment. ]