[ Matt was surprised to hear as much from Silco. Not because he struck him as someone who yearned for friendship--more because Matt had thought he'd been clear that he was referring to the "other side" with his own comment.
Then again, he could be seen as treating Silco like an enemy at the moment. That was fair enough. ]
I think of us more like colleagues, [ Matt said mildly. For now, he decided not to elaborate on his suspicion that he and Silco and the rest of Team Kenoma were bound by ineffable knots. Connections profound as an undersea trench, intricate as the fungal networks beneath aging forests. It didn't seem likely to be taken well.
So in the moment, all Matt did was shake his head. ]
There's a place for everything. Even the things that we don't see immediate utility in. Death's like that, where I come from, and destruction, just because it's--painful to us, in the near term. But it's necessary to make room for something new.
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Then again, he could be seen as treating Silco like an enemy at the moment. That was fair enough. ]
I think of us more like colleagues, [ Matt said mildly. For now, he decided not to elaborate on his suspicion that he and Silco and the rest of Team Kenoma were bound by ineffable knots. Connections profound as an undersea trench, intricate as the fungal networks beneath aging forests. It didn't seem likely to be taken well.
So in the moment, all Matt did was shake his head. ]
There's a place for everything. Even the things that we don't see immediate utility in. Death's like that, where I come from, and destruction, just because it's--painful to us, in the near term. But it's necessary to make room for something new.