[ it's hard to imagine that, to see joe experience such betrayal. with all the goodness in him that he tries to offer. the optimism that's helped to encourage her. but she should understand. rita farr is the embodiment of taking on a role, at masking the hurt and pain underneath with a brilliant smile. she and joe might be more alike in ways she hadn't considered before. ]
I'm sorry he did that to you, Joe.
The man who brought me and my friends together, who gave us a home when we were at our lowest, turned out to be the very reason why our lives were destroyed in the first place. It isn't easy to forgive that after so many years of trust.
It can be hard to believe in people after that.
[ she still has mixed feelings about chief, even after everything. if she were betrayed by someone like larry, she wouldn't know what she'd do. ]
But you're right. If we didn't believe in continuing to try, we wouldn't be on this station in the first place.
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I'm sorry he did that to you, Joe.
The man who brought me and my friends together, who gave us a home when we were at our lowest, turned out to be the very reason why our lives were destroyed in the first place. It isn't easy to forgive that after so many years of trust.
It can be hard to believe in people after that.
[ she still has mixed feelings about chief, even after everything. if she were betrayed by someone like larry, she wouldn't know what she'd do. ]
But you're right. If we didn't believe in continuing to try, we wouldn't be on this station in the first place.
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Hope is a learned skill, but not everyone wants to learn it
[ his sigh doesn't translate via text but maybe it actually does. ]
It's easier not to