[ It's much more neutral, guarded. Silco knows better than to give too much away, and although he dislikes the show of "pity", he can hold back. He disagrees, fundamentally, because he's seen what such things garner. He's seen a world where progress is promised -- and what lies underneath.
Silco is, after all, a product of his history. A product of scrambling up from the mines and into prominence, and it's closer to grasping and taking with every step. ]
I think we'll find that many of us believe wholeheartedly in our goals. I spent a lifetime fighting for a place like Zaun to thrive, after all. Perhaps in your "perfect world" [ Complete with airquotes, ] those who...challenge the limits on what we can find will be accepted, instead of kicked into the Sump.
[ He didn't believe it, of course. How could he, when all he knew was the Sump itself? ]
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[ It's much more neutral, guarded. Silco knows better than to give too much away, and although he dislikes the show of "pity", he can hold back. He disagrees, fundamentally, because he's seen what such things garner. He's seen a world where progress is promised -- and what lies underneath.
Silco is, after all, a product of his history. A product of scrambling up from the mines and into prominence, and it's closer to grasping and taking with every step. ]
I think we'll find that many of us believe wholeheartedly in our goals. I spent a lifetime fighting for a place like Zaun to thrive, after all. Perhaps in your "perfect world" [ Complete with airquotes, ] those who...challenge the limits on what we can find will be accepted, instead of kicked into the Sump.
[ He didn't believe it, of course. How could he, when all he knew was the Sump itself? ]