[It happens around an hour after the confrontation with Itachi on the network. After watching Rita's face slip, like a candle melting, and the thundering silence from her after.
The video is shrouded in darkness, the edges of his face vanishing into the shadows around him.]
[ she's ... somewhat better by the time his message comes through, at least to the point that her face is properly as it should be again, no longer sloppy against her fingers. ]
You're very kind to ask. But I'm alright, really. Just got a little caught up in the excitement.
Understandable, seeing as how your hard work was discounted and ridiculed in public. But you managed to make a very striking exit. That speech. It was very-- provocative. Do you mean it, that everyone deserves a second chance, even if they made mistakes that hurt others in the past.
[ ridiculed in public. well, she could have done without the reminder, but she supposes he's just checking in on her. ]
Iβ [ she starts, a little unsure for a moment where to direct her words. but with how much has been out in the open together, what does a little more hurt? ] I've done terrible things before. I've hurt people who didn't deserve it and I acted only with intentions of fulfilling my own benefit.
[ she tries not to think of the specifics. getting into those details won't happen today. ]
To be honest, saying people who've made mistakes still deserve a second chance is selfish of me. Because I'm one of those people. But I also spent ... a really long time punishing myself for it, that I know I can't keep on with the same cycle of thinking I don't deserve the chance to try making up for it all. So β yes. I really do mean it.
[Farr doesn't look capable of inflicting great cruelty, but isn't that so often the case? That terror lurks behind a pretty face, the ache inflicted to those who never saw it coming, too distracted by poise and beauty to see what might lie beneath until it's too late?
Exhaling loudly, Aleksander says-] You are here now, miss Farr. Trying to undo your regret and to make the time here a little more... bearable for all of us. That is commendable. And to speak up as you did, in defence of those of us who might have made mistakes in the past, is very brave.
Elasti-woman hardly does you justice. It should have been Defender.
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Visual. Un: Aleksander
The video is shrouded in darkness, the edges of his face vanishing into the shadows around him.]
Miss Farr. Are you alright?
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You're very kind to ask. But I'm alright, really. Just got a little caught up in the excitement.
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Iβ [ she starts, a little unsure for a moment where to direct her words. but with how much has been out in the open together, what does a little more hurt? ] I've done terrible things before. I've hurt people who didn't deserve it and I acted only with intentions of fulfilling my own benefit.
[ she tries not to think of the specifics. getting into those details won't happen today. ]
To be honest, saying people who've made mistakes still deserve a second chance is selfish of me. Because I'm one of those people. But I also spent ... a really long time punishing myself for it, that I know I can't keep on with the same cycle of thinking I don't deserve the chance to try making up for it all. So β yes. I really do mean it.
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Exhaling loudly, Aleksander says-]
You are here now, miss Farr. Trying to undo your regret and to make the time here a little more... bearable for all of us. That is commendable. And to speak up as you did, in defence of those of us who might have made mistakes in the past, is very brave.
Elasti-woman hardly does you justice. It should have been Defender.