[The furrow deepens as she tries to figure out how to explain this.]
I get why this is hard for you. Anyone who's close to you shares you. You're the Analog Interface; it's a given from the start. But you've never shared me before - you've either had all of me, or not had me at all. And when someone needs to run off on some special mission or task that they and only they can do... it's always been you. You've never been the one left behind. For that kind of thing, I mean.
[Shaw might not know all the details, but she definitely gets the impression that Root has a long history with abandonment and loss. But that's not the kind of thing that she's talking about here. For all that a warden's tasks are frustrating and vague, she's still working directly for the Admiral, trusted with special tasks and privilege and knowledge. Expected to put the mission first.]
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[The furrow deepens as she tries to figure out how to explain this.]
I get why this is hard for you. Anyone who's close to you shares you. You're the Analog Interface; it's a given from the start. But you've never shared me before - you've either had all of me, or not had me at all. And when someone needs to run off on some special mission or task that they and only they can do... it's always been you. You've never been the one left behind. For that kind of thing, I mean.
[Shaw might not know all the details, but she definitely gets the impression that Root has a long history with abandonment and loss. But that's not the kind of thing that she's talking about here. For all that a warden's tasks are frustrating and vague, she's still working directly for the Admiral, trusted with special tasks and privilege and knowledge. Expected to put the mission first.]