semper_cogitans: (:<)
Robert Hastings ([personal profile] semper_cogitans) wrote in [personal profile] i_speak_softly 2012-07-08 01:47 am (UTC)

[That has to be the most unconventional way for Don to phrase something ever. Robert blinks at him a few more times before deciding he ought to answer the question first.]

... I... I spent most of my time on the s-sidelines, like you told me to, but - [- his voice catches -] - s-sometimes I had to fight, and -

[I watched another Terran die -]

... I-I... I harmed p-people. I had to. T-To... to protect myself and others... [It sounds like a hollow justification now, now that he's actually seen a war - seen a fight raging around him like that.]

...

... But. [Softer:] I gathered d-data, as much as I could. I could not t-take samples, but... but I have data for y-you... [His eyes are wet when he looks back up at Don.]

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