Angela could feel the spite, the anger that Fareeha held. It made the Swiss woman somewhat uncomfortable, though perhaps she'd made Fareeha just as much, bringing up many of the things that she likely never wanted to speak of. But some things Angela felt just needed to be said. She wanted Fareeha to understand that as a doctor, she was here for more than just physical wounds. She was there to give soldiers hope, to make them feel human. Though it was likely, with them facing the omnics, that they never felt the fragility of humanity more.
"I understand, Fareeha, and I do apologize if I've upset you. I know combat, and I know war. The whole time this conflict has been ongoing, I haven't just been sitting in Switzerland, safe and sound. I am not a pacifist. At least, not anymore. I am prepared to sacrifice every comfort I have to give your people and your soldiers hope in this fight. And I am not afraid if my life is to be taken... I am a leader in medicine. I have seen death in many forms right beneath my hands. You know of Genji, right?"
Angela sighed, reflecting on one of her own questionable decisions. "He was... is a human man. When his brother attempted to kill him, I brought him back to life as mostly machine. Perhaps the only things human about him are his face and his heart. Other than that... I made an omnic out of a man. He had a hard time accepting what he was... and especially with the omnic crisis ongoing, I feel that I may have made the wrong decision. It was my choice, as the leader of the research facility in Switzerland. It was my decision to bring a man back from death as a machine. But Genji is a valuable member of Overwatch, or at least, he was when Overwatch still had a purpose. I have to live knowing what I did may not have been the right thing to do, and that it may have been better if I had simply left him to die. My point is, Fareeha, sometimes it can feel as if your decisions are questionable, even wrong. I mean... who am I to tell you all of this as if I'm some kind of wise monk? You know more of leadership in battle than I do. But in that sense... You must know the feeling of doubt more than I do as well."
"Whatever happens in this war here in Cairo, I will be right by your side to support you and your troops. I know that we are nothing more than acquaintances, but even with the rough past that we share with Overwatch and your mother, I am not here to annoy you or anger you. I am here to help you. If it helps that I shut up now and never speak so personally to you again, then that is what I will do. I overstep boundaries often in my line of work. Sometimes they shouldn't be crossed, but I've never been one to stop myself without being told what I'm doing is wrong."
Angela stood up, not feeling that her ramblings would make any sense to the younger woman sitting before her. Something told her she needed to leave, to take Fareeha out of her discomfort in the situation. "If you'd like me to stay elsewhere, I can. You are in command of me."
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