[ ...a bleak picture to paint. she can't deny that it sounds plausible — as likely as the option that one assassination truly ends all the suffering. she doesn't know these people, their patterns, their natures; she only knows that the bleeding heart in her gushes seeing the dirty, downtrodden faces of the displaced. ]
...You don't think it'd be like cutting off the snake's head? [ in her experience, taking down the king means the pawns fall like dominos. she's been that pawn. ]
[ it's a question, but she's resigned herself to his opinion, swallowing another bitter swig of something hard. all that it means is she'll be looking for other vantages. violence may be her pen, but the answer is to do something good — she hopes. ]
This place is messed up. [ conversationally. wistfully. ]
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...You don't think it'd be like cutting off the snake's head? [ in her experience, taking down the king means the pawns fall like dominos. she's been that pawn. ]
[ it's a question, but she's resigned herself to his opinion, swallowing another bitter swig of something hard. all that it means is she'll be looking for other vantages. violence may be her pen, but the answer is to do something good — she hopes. ]
This place is messed up. [ conversationally. wistfully. ]