No. I will not compromise. I will not pretend that they are righteous.
[She'd meant to be reasonable when she first asked Delight her questions. Meant to keep separate, stand back and analyze the information with a clear head. But then the words kept coming, one after another, and now Maketh is shaking, holding onto the phone so tight that her fingers ache. She doesn't understand how it happened so quickly, when she had a good plan in place, but she's angry now - enough that she wants to hit something.
She compromised for years - a lifetime. Bowed her head because she'd believed it would be worth it in the end. All the sacrifice and hidden dead. Except that it wasn't, she was a liar and a murderer just like everyone else, and Lothal suffered for it.
Take measure of your enemy, then find the means to destroy them. At least the Empire made her an efficient soldier. She's good at breaking things. So she'll break the gods next.
Lilith, of all people, should understand that.
Maketh sits up straighter.] They can be cruel. Why can't I?
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[She'd meant to be reasonable when she first asked Delight her questions. Meant to keep separate, stand back and analyze the information with a clear head. But then the words kept coming, one after another, and now Maketh is shaking, holding onto the phone so tight that her fingers ache. She doesn't understand how it happened so quickly, when she had a good plan in place, but she's angry now - enough that she wants to hit something.
She compromised for years - a lifetime. Bowed her head because she'd believed it would be worth it in the end. All the sacrifice and hidden dead. Except that it wasn't, she was a liar and a murderer just like everyone else, and Lothal suffered for it.
Take measure of your enemy, then find the means to destroy them. At least the Empire made her an efficient soldier. She's good at breaking things. So she'll break the gods next.
Lilith, of all people, should understand that.
Maketh sits up straighter.] They can be cruel. Why can't I?