[There is a brief flash of displeasure through Knives' carefully maintained calm. Luke should be apologizing--
The thought is shaken off.]
I've had my share of unpleasant lifelong experiences. They color one's views pretty indelibly, that you experience the same is no surprise. Your actions and reactions nonetheless are superior to what I've come to expect from your species.
It is not something that fits in the reality I am from, however. In that reality, all power is simply power. What one chooses to do with it can be good or bad. The idea of an 'evil' force of nature is difficult to come to grips with as much as it is hard to grasp a 'good' force of nature. Like a sandstorm, such things simply.. exist, in No Man's Land.
[Action on a bouy] NEVER FORGIVE
The thought is shaken off.]
I've had my share of unpleasant lifelong experiences. They color one's views pretty indelibly, that you experience the same is no surprise. Your actions and reactions nonetheless are superior to what I've come to expect from your species.
It is not something that fits in the reality I am from, however. In that reality, all power is simply power. What one chooses to do with it can be good or bad. The idea of an 'evil' force of nature is difficult to come to grips with as much as it is hard to grasp a 'good' force of nature. Like a sandstorm, such things simply.. exist, in No Man's Land.