I care about the potential of people, regardless of the species. And I care about that potential having the opportunity to be fully realized while acknowledging and easing the burden of base urges that may be the result of that species' genetic coding.
"Part of it, anyway." She shrugs, crosses her arms—it's a distinctly more youthful mannerism than she usually has. "Do you ever look back and think—why in God's name did I do that stupid thing, if I'm so smart?"
She crosses her arms. "It'd be easy to say we made the wrong kind of friends that swayed us wrongly. She and I both dreamed of a better world, but—"
A sigh. "You could call me Faith. Neither Liz nor we have been ones to easily doubt the rightness of our paths—but, I suppose, I had reason to reevaluate whether my faith was still in my ideals. She... didn't do that."
"...for better or for worse there was sort of a machinations pile-up going on where no one entirely got their plans to go off right because there were too many things going on at once."
"...vampires. 'Kindred' always felt too pretentious. And strictly speaking vampires are not living, but to actually answer your question—"
She crosses her arms. "It remains to be seen. We don't remember much of what happened afterward, but—Iris said... it was worth it. So I have faith that it was."
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"Mortal" doesn't always mean "human," specifically.
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But maybe I'm too much of an optimist.
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1/2
She looks... distant, for a moment, like she just remembered something. "Is that really so—is that... no, that's..."
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It's Hope? probably. and she looks more or less the same, but less polished, hair tied back, face set in hard lines.
"You're right," she says, bitterly. "I can't believe I forgot for a single fucking second."
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Welcome back? ...Forgot what, though?
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Oh, yeah, definitely.
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She crosses her arms. "It'd be easy to say we made the wrong kind of friends that swayed us wrongly. She and I both dreamed of a better world, but—"
A sigh. "You could call me Faith. Neither Liz nor we have been ones to easily doubt the rightness of our paths—but, I suppose, I had reason to reevaluate whether my faith was still in my ideals. She... didn't do that."
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She pauses.
"Mostly."
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She crosses her arms. "It remains to be seen. We don't remember much of what happened afterward, but—Iris said... it was worth it. So I have faith that it was."
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She sighs.
"Always. It's the least we can do for her, now."
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