Valiance

Myriad Reality

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You have your own world, problems, and hopes that you're committed to. Can anyone blame you for that?

@Meta

Blame is something that stopped mattering to me a very long time ago. I can’t help but have concerns, even for people who can clearly defend themselves perfectly fine like yourself.

Myriad Reality

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*Breathes into my hands and rubs them together*
It is what it is. In those split-second decisions, you don't want to have any regrets.

@Meta

If I knew things would involve someone who holds grudges so long as he does, I would have avoided recruiting even if it was in my best interest.

Myriad Reality

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Good point, odds are they like it a whole lot less than I do. But lucky for me, I leave the where and when to the brains of the operation.

@Meta

But you’re definitely not afraid to hurl them on your own either if someone needs it. The last thing I want is for ES to remember you for that. It doesn’t need to be your battle in the long term.

Myriad Reality

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Mine is about summed up as hitting things with space rocks.
*Grins*
Which, hey, there are a whole lot worse lives.

@Meta

I imagine that’s true, as long as we’re talking about you and not the people getting hit by space rocks.

Myriad Reality

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*A hint of a smile plays on my lips*
Fishing for info? I've always been awful at keeping secrets.

@Meta

Admittedly. Though, more for curiosity’s sake than anything I’d be less willing to confess to. In a more normal time, my work is simply to protect the IA, and to maintain a greater peace.

Myriad Reality

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Water under the bridge. You have more immediate things to worry about.

@Meta

I have a lot of things to worry about in lieu of a substantial portion of my team in the IA. But you’re right, my priorities remain unshifted. I just have my curiosities about the function of your collective. The how of it, really, and less the why.

Myriad Reality

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It is. It was more of a... comment on the seemingly-unnecessary amount of conflict it brought you all, and many others.

@Meta

Mm. I do recall concerns over Existence’s very foundation being shifted to focus on war causing a lot of fear, especially at the time when there was more to worry about.

Myriad Reality

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Sure am. So long as The Her—I mean, The Legend doesn’t boot me in his latest scheme. I was part of the first generation, before it really meant anything.

@Meta

I assumed that was something he’d already decided.

Myriad Reality

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Mhm! For two of my kids, I just showed up out of nowhere one day—just being their mom doesn’t win me any trust or respect. There are even new faces in Tier Five who have to warm up to me.

@Meta

Are you an official member?

Myriad Reality

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That's something I wish they'd be more open about. But trust takes a long time to build.

@Meta

Build trust in the family?