[ I would like to note Diva should also be in that list tbh ]
[ It's as he thought, then, but that makes this conversation easy enough. Sebastian nods understandingly and even closes his eyes calmly. ]
That is a possibility. But... What if that is not the case?
[ He looks back up to Garry, and his expression is more serious. The easy, calm smile is gone, replaced with something more neutral. ]
Killing Beth was an option offered to us by Miss Caroline, and it is one I fully intend to take if necessary. However. Miss Caroline is not to be trusted any more than the Yao Corporation, in my opinion, and the general populace makes a mistake in thinking that the Rebels have our interests at heart. Miss Caroline is an exception, as far as we know, as she is the only survivor of a previous town like our own, and she killed everyone else to be the lone survivor, mind you. The rest of the rebels have lived in this world their entire lives... What reason would they have to value our interests? To return us home, where they lose the firepower of many, many powerful individuals?
[ That makes his point well enough, honestly, but Sebastian sits back more comfortably as he continues. ]
That said, they are certainly more trustworthy than the Corporation, and I doubt they were purposefully using or manipulating us. But if you wish to return to your home, we must not ally ourselves blindly. We are the only advocates for such a thing. And to that end, we may be playing into their hands by bringing down the Corporation. We need them. We need their technology. And Beth is little more than a princess kept in a tower, ignorant to everything around her. She has no power or sway except being valuable to Wei Yao, I believe. So to that end... What would killing her accomplish?
She is no heartless fool. She is but a young, frightened girl, and that makes her easy to pull to our side, should she be willing to open her eyes to the truth. Don't you think that's more useful to us than a corpse?
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[ It's as he thought, then, but that makes this conversation easy enough. Sebastian nods understandingly and even closes his eyes calmly. ]
That is a possibility. But... What if that is not the case?
[ He looks back up to Garry, and his expression is more serious. The easy, calm smile is gone, replaced with something more neutral. ]
Killing Beth was an option offered to us by Miss Caroline, and it is one I fully intend to take if necessary. However. Miss Caroline is not to be trusted any more than the Yao Corporation, in my opinion, and the general populace makes a mistake in thinking that the Rebels have our interests at heart. Miss Caroline is an exception, as far as we know, as she is the only survivor of a previous town like our own, and she killed everyone else to be the lone survivor, mind you. The rest of the rebels have lived in this world their entire lives... What reason would they have to value our interests? To return us home, where they lose the firepower of many, many powerful individuals?
[ That makes his point well enough, honestly, but Sebastian sits back more comfortably as he continues. ]
That said, they are certainly more trustworthy than the Corporation, and I doubt they were purposefully using or manipulating us. But if you wish to return to your home, we must not ally ourselves blindly. We are the only advocates for such a thing. And to that end, we may be playing into their hands by bringing down the Corporation. We need them. We need their technology. And Beth is little more than a princess kept in a tower, ignorant to everything around her. She has no power or sway except being valuable to Wei Yao, I believe. So to that end... What would killing her accomplish?
She is no heartless fool. She is but a young, frightened girl, and that makes her easy to pull to our side, should she be willing to open her eyes to the truth. Don't you think that's more useful to us than a corpse?