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I don't think I want danger my whole life, but I certainly don't want to sit still either.

Though if I ever go back home and haven't been disenherited, I could probably be rather comfortable when I wasn't doing what ever it is I decide to do once the war is over.

So long as I don't get strong armed into finally going into politics, I think I've got a few good options open to me...

You could just... not. Go back, I mean. It doesn't sound like it was a great place for you.

[Abel hasn't thought about that open much. Norton had mentioned it, that he had options that weren't home but... he isn't sure he wants to consider them.]

It's going to take years for things to go back to normal once everything is over...I'm not sure I could choose anywhere else, knowing the state of Mars, the Earth as it is now.

The colonies need an advocate.

Duty calls. I can respect that.

[She pauses for a moment, and then admits:]

It's something I think is in short supply here.

Honestly, part of me doesn't want to. I haven't been thinking about it much, not like it's going to come up fast, take me by surprise.

[Fitz has been on board a while, and he doubts that his progress will be swift. They'd barely touched anything in his opinion, just started to talk again. What was a month or two on the Barge anyways, or even a year? That and if he were being entirely honest, he wasn't sure he could leave Cain behind, or if Cain would follow him if he did decide something else.]

But you spend a life preparing for war, fight in it, would be nice to see what the world can look like once it's done. Perhaps I'll be disappointed, but at least It'll be an effort for something better than death.

[Shaw falls silent for a touch longer this time, studying him with the same unreadable expression that her face so often wears. Her fingers still in Alex's fur.]

I get that.

[Far better than she gets most things that people say here, when they talk about their goals.]

And even though a life of peace would drive me crazy... I want that for my world, too.

[She's under no illusions that an end to war is an end to the type of struggle that she wages, after all. Even the most stable, widespread peace needs peacekeepers.]

Anything I can do to help you fight that war so that you can win it - just ask.

If I get my deal, it will happen...I haven't decided on the specifics. I don't want to just ask for the Colteron to be wiped clean from our world...but an ethical, magical solution that doesn't alter them too much, and still can hold a lasting peace? It's a difficult problem. I've asked a few others to help me think on it, but...the work after the war? That will be the real work when I get back. My father wanted me to go into politics, and im dreading it, but I might just have to in the aftermath.

[He does smile at the offer, watching her pet at Alex's belly, hoping that it helps her like it helps him.] If you leave before I do, you need anything? I'll be there.

I don't know how your tech works all that well, but I actually do have some skill in breaking machines on top of fixing and building them. Bricking something beyond repair is only a matter of understanding the code.

I wish it were that simple. ASI are a whole different ballgame.

[Even the Machine is struggling with it, and that's AI vs. AI.]

I don't think Root and Finch would say no to more hands on deck, though.

[... Well.]

I mean, Finch would say no at first, but only because he's paranoid.

I think this is perhaps why we never delved too far into AI technology, if it goes bad that quickly after conception, that's a clear sign that perhaps we were never going to be ready for it. [He isn't put off by it though, he knows he has trust issues himself, and some of them had gotten worse rather than better since arriving on board.]

It's good to be, to a degree, but hopefully you and Root would be able to convince him I wasn't a threat. And a promise that I wouldn't stick around afterward, he wouldn't even have to like me, if that was a plus.

Oh, you think he trusts our judgement?

[Haha, no.]

Sorry to disappoint. I think you could win him over better than we could convince him, anyway. He likes people who are really earnest.

[That catches him by surprise and he raises a brow.]

If he's that paranoid, why does he even work with you? Common goals?

It's not like he hates us. He... actually really cares about us, especially Root.

[She settles back more fully into her chair, slumping a little and stretching out her legs (careful not to knock into Alex as she does so). ]

He's just, uh-- excessively nonviolent, and we freak him out sometimes. It took him a few months to warm up to me, and a few years to warm up to Root. But she started out as an enemy, so, you know. Extenuating circumstances.

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