( She's quiet through all of it, barely moving, shoulders slumped over and head bowed. Just explaining that was exhausting, the weight of earlier arguments over the network only adding to how tired she feels.
They have to do something, somehow. But how do you even stand a chance to fight against something like that, which isn't physical at all? Which - until she started learning about Carlisle's condition - she didn't even think was real in the first place?
She huffs out a noise that almost sounds like a half-defeated laugh. )
Be easier if we could just fight it.
( She knows how to stop creatures, people who are attacking, even if she doesn't enjoy doing it. If it was a Null, or even the creatures from Sharon's hellscape of a world, it'd be easier. )
We are. [Glacius echoes the vocalization with a little empty chuckle of his own, knowing that's not what she meant.] Or perhaps you wish to get into fisticuffs with this problem? Ah, I wish it too. If it were something that could be physically defended from, I like to think that I would have defeated it soundly by now.
[The alien pauses, then extends a hand palm-up towards Kate; it's a little showing of support, one that gives her the option to reciprocate if she so desires, given that he knows they can both be adverse to physical contact. Glacius does not mind it so much if it's with someone he likes and trusts, but it's important that he always gives her a choice.] But no mistake, we will win. I refuse to believe otherwise.
( Fisticuffs. Her lips quirk upwards, though the overall effect is more bitter and resigned than anything else.
It would be so much easier. But when has anything in her life taken the easy path? )
We have to.
( It's the same logic she applies to dealing with The Null. They have to win, and they have to make it the only acceptable outcome if they want to keep fighting. )
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They have to do something, somehow. But how do you even stand a chance to fight against something like that, which isn't physical at all? Which - until she started learning about Carlisle's condition - she didn't even think was real in the first place?
She huffs out a noise that almost sounds like a half-defeated laugh. )
Be easier if we could just fight it.
( She knows how to stop creatures, people who are attacking, even if she doesn't enjoy doing it. If it was a Null, or even the creatures from Sharon's hellscape of a world, it'd be easier. )
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[The alien pauses, then extends a hand palm-up towards Kate; it's a little showing of support, one that gives her the option to reciprocate if she so desires, given that he knows they can both be adverse to physical contact. Glacius does not mind it so much if it's with someone he likes and trusts, but it's important that he always gives her a choice.] But no mistake, we will win. I refuse to believe otherwise.
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It would be so much easier. But when has anything in her life taken the easy path? )
We have to.
( It's the same logic she applies to dealing with The Null. They have to win, and they have to make it the only acceptable outcome if they want to keep fighting. )