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Oh No I Probably Wont Get You To Open Up In Any Way If Scale Is The Issue At Hand

Since


We Kind Of Eliminated Chemical Warfare

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oh

oh wow that's amazing

[Yep, that's all she's got.]

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It Only Took Twenty-Four Person Days
Including The Missions To Lay The Groundwork

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wow

look at you go!

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You Know What They Say About Things You Want To Get Done

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i do?

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Oh Wow What Am I Thinking Of Course Earth Society Wouldnt Have That Proverb

If You Want Something Done
Do It Yourself

Thats How It Goes

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oh

no they have that i just didn't realize what you were talking about haha!

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Ah
Okay

[squints at that "they"

if Ahiru isn't human she swears to god]

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[shh kanaya it's okay]

but really congratulations :) that's really incredible

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Thanks
At First I Was So Proud That I Wanted To Make A Big Announcement
Then

I Wasnt Quite So Sure

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why not

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Well
I Thought Of What Some People Say
About How They Think Time Travel Works
And What They Think Of The People Who Do It

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well

i mean to be fair i can see why they'd be concerned since we did just accidentally erase a bunch of people from history because of something we did on a mission

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See
Some Of The Very Brightest Minds Actually Consider About The Individuals Involved
(Many Others Are Utterly Numb To The Plight Of Beings From A World That Is Not Theirs)
And I Know That By Changing History I Enacted Several Erasures Of The Original Figures Versions Purposefully
What Does Ahiru Think of Such AN Action

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[A pause.]

if i'm understanding correctly

why did you do that

[She's asking the question honestly instead of passing judgment quite yet.]

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There Was This Girl
Firaki
Who Worked With Blister Agents
Past Tense
One Day Her Corneae Were Damaged And Airways Impaired
And She Got Scars All Over Her Skin
Her Step-Mother Was An Official Originally Distant From Her
The Company Gave Her A Settlement Just Enough To Live Out The Rest Of Her Life In Excruciating Pain

We Changed That
Paperwork
Leading To No Settlement Occurring And The Step-Mother Inspired To Advocate For Her Cause
The Payout From The Lawsuit Was Enormous
She Could Afford The Very Best In Care Save For Plastic Surgery
Leaving Behind A Visually Mutilated Poster Girl For The Cause
Thus Inspired To Abolish Chemical Warfare Altogether Once She Gained Her United Earth Position

The Girl Who Was Practically Blind and Died With Nobody But Her Father At Her Side Though
Now Shes Never Existed
A Happier Yet Distinct Doppelganger Has Taken Her Place
The Same Goes For Her Originally Grief-Striken Caretaker Of A Father

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[She rereads the message several times, and it seems deeply wrong. To her, adding in the details about how she was nearly blind and died almost alone seems like an attempt to justify erasing the existence of someone who had done no wrong - but in the end, she decides that she doesn't really have any room to judge that, nor to judge what Kanaya has done.]

what do you want me to say

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Well I Was Kind Of Hoping You Would Fabricate Some Sanguine Statement About How Clones Are Interchangeable Since That Seems To Be The Dominant Ethos
And Maybe Point Out All The People In The Next Six Centuries Who Wouldnt Get Hurt Like So Many Exiles Did Last May
I Figured That Reducing The Argument To How Many Other Worlds The United Earth Would Like To Touch With Tear Gas
And Now Wont
Wouldnt Really Be Your Style
Just Because The United Earth Is A Cue Stick Beating Up A Colorful Variety Of Worlds In A Metaphorical Game Of Earth Billiards
Doesnt Mean This Planet Should Have To Endure The Unhappy Fate Of The Cue Ball

At The Same Time I Also Wondered How This Is Different From The Case Of The Woman Who Bought Black Boots Instead Of The Red Ones Her Original Counterpart Purchased Because A Transport On A Shopping Spree Nabbed That Pair In The Past
Isnt That A Duplication Too
I Dont Know What The Scales Are Supposed To Show
Does The Mass Of The Differences Inflicted Make One Pan Heavier Than The Other
Or Does Each Life Balance Out Its Analogue

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i'm glad less people will get hurt. i really am.

i don't know that much about time travel but it's probably not too different.

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Okay
I Guess
It Just Makes Me Angry
When Philosophers Explain The Massacres We Commit
And Then Go On Missions For "Supplies" Or "Harmless Things"

To Be Honest I Dont Know A Lot About Time Travel Either
I Do What The AI Tells Me To Do
Its A Little Funny That Were Taking Orders From A Machine That Include Disabling The Machine Giving Orders To The United Earth
Another Thing I Dont Believe In Is Kidnapping
Some Humans Forget That Stealing Is A Crime
But
There Was This Place On Earth Called Stockholm Right

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i didn't really realize what i was doing when i went on so many missions back when we were up on the moon, but that's not an excuse, so.

you mean kidnapping as in the initiative bringing us all here?

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Hey You Havent Made An Ideological Stand Against What You Did Im Not Smiting You

Its Abduction Though Isnt It
I Dont Really Think Of It That Way In My Case Because Like I Told You There Was Nothing For Them To Take Me From
Not That They Can Do Anything About It At The Current Juncture

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okay see maybe it is kidnapping but the thing that bothers me whenever i see someone say that is like

what else were they supposed to do

would anybody honestly have them not have abducted us and ran the risk of our worlds being jeopardized? or like did they expect them to come ask us somehow, when they've seen what happens if the initiative tries to send people to other worlds? that person's world was destroyed

and yes being stuck here sucks for most of us, i miss my friends as much as anyone, but they shouldn't be blaming the initiative for that. what other option did they have?

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Thats A Good Point
And To Be Honest
I Think About The Worlds That Might Get Destroyed A Lot
All Of The Transports Who Do Have Power And Refuse To Wield It
Are Through Inaction Harming Their Powerless And Innocent Peers
Even If You Think By Coming Here Were Forked Alternate Selves Doomed To Die Or Something
The People Who Cared For Us In Our Original Universes
Wed Have To Mourn Them
Or Theyd Have To Mourn Us
Should The United Earth Come Onto Their Doorstep

And Even If I Have To Do Objectively Immoral Things On The Way There
I Wont Let That Happen If I Can Help It