The Wheel Grinds Slow, But Fine

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[After the battle with Samantha, FBI investigators and detective types are poking around the UG for what they can find relating to Eva and her family. They're polite and friendly, and just interested in the facts of what happened, not any sort of genetic or scientific information. They make no effort to hide their motive: publishing a thorough documentation of the crimes, lies, and moral failings that led to a group of insane psychics and a nuclear explosion on American soil. That said, while they will document and try to prevent similar crimes from happening again, there is no plan to pursue charges relating to Pedantic Blue. Or to put it another way, Edward McDowell is going to die a free man.

As for Eva, she fell ill soon after returning from Alaska. Nausea, vomiting-classic symptoms of radiation sickness. And while it is a mild case, she can still look forward to being stuck in sickbay on medical leave for the next few weeks. A bible, a stack of adventure books from Alex, and a pile of classic movies on DVD are there to help her occupy the time. When you visit, she's either reading one of the books, watching a movie, or just lying in bed staring at the ceiling.]

Comments

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[Eva doesn't look up from her book.]

Many.

[dignity_kept]

You can still kill him, you know. Even if he doesn't get a trial. Nobody would mourn him or make much effort to find his killer.

[The glowing shape is looking out of the window, keeping its eyes away from Eva to reduce pressure]

So, what will you do? Are you going to?

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I'm going to recover from my illness, I am going to see what it takes to make Ren a saint, and I am going to continue working for the UG.

[Eva looks down at her lap, closing her book.]

...Though I wonder about it...And it is tempting...I will not kill him. He will be free to live his life among the ashes of his ambitions however he wants.

[dignity_kept]

Good choice.

[The glowing shape turns slightly, to look at her]

You know, I don't think most people in here would really understand the temptation for revenge. Too much hero in the air. On the other hand, I'm a horrible bitch, not a hero, and I do. Believe me, I do.

But in this case, yours seems like the smart choice to make.

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...You really have changed, huh.

[Eva speaks again quickly, cutting Kagura off.]


-ah. Sorry. I spoke without thinking...

...What makes you say that, though?

[dignity_kept]

And others have told me I haven't. I'm going to take the disagreements as a good sign. [The reverberating voices have something of a wry quality to them. If nothing else, it seems some of Kagura's darkly philosophical musings made it through her metamorphosis]

As for your question? Several reasons. Won't bore you with the lot. I figure the one that matters the most to you is that it shows what you want now is to move on.

No comment on the Ubuntu thing, though.

[brought_it_back]

Moving on...yes, I just want this to be...done.

...It's not a bad ending, is it? This one.

[dignity_kept]

Better than you probably deserve.

But the world has never been fair. It can be unfair to someone's benefit for once, far as I'm concerned.