He knew what it was like, to become a monster. He hadn't started out like this. He hadn't started out as a man willing to kill or maim for Zaun, but he had wanted to make the world different. Change Zaun for the better, and that had led him to fighting. Fighting came at a cost, though. Lives that had been taken by the Enforcers, and Silco had wanted to fight more. He'd learned, quickly, that even ones allies would stop fighting, as soon as they found something more important to them than Zaun was. Silco had never found that -- he thought -- he would give everything for Zaun -- he thought. Silco, of course, had not had this tested yet -- and his conviction would eventually be found wanting.
He nodded, at Gen. ]
It takes time, of course, to be comfortable with it.
With time, I think, you'll be more willing. [ A sly pause, and then: ] When I was younger, I didn't get to say no to such things. I suppose it will be the same for you, here.
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Almost.
He knew what it was like, to become a monster. He hadn't started out like this. He hadn't started out as a man willing to kill or maim for Zaun, but he had wanted to make the world different. Change Zaun for the better, and that had led him to fighting. Fighting came at a cost, though. Lives that had been taken by the Enforcers, and Silco had wanted to fight more. He'd learned, quickly, that even ones allies would stop fighting, as soon as they found something more important to them than Zaun was. Silco had never found that -- he thought -- he would give everything for Zaun -- he thought. Silco, of course, had not had this tested yet -- and his conviction would eventually be found wanting.
He nodded, at Gen. ]
It takes time, of course, to be comfortable with it.
With time, I think, you'll be more willing. [ A sly pause, and then: ] When I was younger, I didn't get to say no to such things. I suppose it will be the same for you, here.