You might be right. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't think the best of others. If you believe everyone's bound to backstab you if given the chance, then how can you trust anyone around you? Treating everyone like the enemy can't be the answer. We're all here for a reason, aren't we?
[ maybe it's his prerogative, subjective as it is. he doesn't know how to convey it correctly — sincerity or the way he's so prone to believe others until proven wrong. it's all he knows, really: quiet coastal shores and a life that anyone could envy. loving parents, affectionate siblings, friends that he'd go to the ends of the earth for — he's never lacked for anything in the way of moral support. never a reason to stray or deviate from the mentality of a bleeding heart. three months in tellus and his viewpoint has remained largely unchanged.
he doesn't want to challenge her perspective — he doesn't know her story, only what she's told him, stuck together in a communal cell for crimes that aren't even remotely similar. ]
They had to have made some of those laws for our own safety and wellbeing. Otherwise, there would be no point in keeping us all in here if the terrain outside of the colony is inhospitable, or why they've given us CereVices so we can all easily communicate with each other. We just need to figure out what doesn't make sense — why people sometimes disappear, or return different, or what's really in the research tower that they're all so adamant on hiding.
[ eventually, makoto lapses into silence. a few minutes pass, and then, with some hesistation: ]
... Your friend. The one who told you there was good in everyone. Are they here on Tellus as well?
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[ maybe it's his prerogative, subjective as it is. he doesn't know how to convey it correctly — sincerity or the way he's so prone to believe others until proven wrong. it's all he knows, really: quiet coastal shores and a life that anyone could envy. loving parents, affectionate siblings, friends that he'd go to the ends of the earth for — he's never lacked for anything in the way of moral support. never a reason to stray or deviate from the mentality of a bleeding heart. three months in tellus and his viewpoint has remained largely unchanged.
he doesn't want to challenge her perspective — he doesn't know her story, only what she's told him, stuck together in a communal cell for crimes that aren't even remotely similar. ]
They had to have made some of those laws for our own safety and wellbeing. Otherwise, there would be no point in keeping us all in here if the terrain outside of the colony is inhospitable, or why they've given us CereVices so we can all easily communicate with each other. We just need to figure out what doesn't make sense — why people sometimes disappear, or return different, or what's really in the research tower that they're all so adamant on hiding.
[ eventually, makoto lapses into silence. a few minutes pass, and then, with some hesistation: ]
... Your friend. The one who told you there was good in everyone. Are they here on Tellus as well?