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[broken_puppet]

[Lamia is standing in the hangar after the disastrous turn of Major Pliskin and she appears to be unusually somber as she looks over the damage inflicted upon the Angelg.]

I don't understand why I am so bothered by what happened during that mission. Turns and defection are nothing new given the history of conflicts or even the past of the shadow mirrors. It was an act of treason that brought us here and even now we are building strength and information to betray the current Earth sphere government and install our own command structure.

But after all of this I wonder if that's right?

I broke secrecy of the mirage system and what it's capable of in a situation where I could have instead run or used other weaponry. Even mirage sign was to dangerous in that situation. If Ingram had been so inclined he could have easily destroyed me while the unit recovered and in that case it would have caused another of the pilots here to cover for me or even potentially suffer injuries like Ken to protect me...

[Lamia pauses as her mind wonders over this newest thought and as she continues to stare at the Angelg despite the chaos around her.]

Comments

[itbelongsinamuseum]

That's a very intense look at your robot. Is something wrong?

[broken_puppet]

[Lamia gives her fellow pilot a cursory look before returning her attention to her unit.]

The last mission was dangerously close to disaster. I feel more like we were allowed to live than we really had any impact on the traitor.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

I read the reports...Wasn't that pretty much his intention?

[broken_puppet]

But why would he do that? Why would he toy with us and leave? Why not kill or capture us?

I simply cannot understand why he did that or why I'm so dissatisfied that we escaped with our original mission successful and no significant losses.

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[itbelongsinamuseum]

(Continuing this in case you care after a long hiatus like that.)

Isn't it normal to want to punch somebody in the face after something like that?

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[itbelongsinamuseum]

Or more seriously...Who knows what else him and his people have planned or what he can do now that he's gone.

[broken_puppet]

That's the worst of it. I should accept what happened, take the lessons learned from what happened, and plan for what we will do next time. He showed us what he can do, how resilient he is and revealed himself in a minor engagement instead of tearing our headquarters apart from the inside. I cannot grasp why he'd do that and I find myself stuck looking for an answer that makes sense in the case of his stated goals.

And I find myself questioning my own orders now, which bothers me almost as much as Ingram's contradictions. Could he have been influenced in a similar manner as myself? Is that the real secret behind this organization?

[itbelongsinamuseum]

I think he wanted to preserve our ability to fight as much as possible. Tearing everything apart would be shooting himself in the foot.

I have no idea how he plans on making us support him just by being an asshole, though.

[broken_puppet]

I do not know either. Perhaps the best policy would be to take a wait and see approach. We have more to worry about besides Ingram after all.

I am curious as to what exactly is going to happen next.

[itbelongsinamuseum]

That sounds like a good idea. We have rogue states, terrorists and half a dozen alien invaders other than him to worry about.