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[abrightboy]

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[stressingwitchface]

But I didn't DO it to be brave and kind! I did it because I felt it was the best possible chance at graduation!

[abrightboy]

Bravery isn’t something people do to show they’re brave. It’s stuff they do that’s scary, but needs done.

[stressingwitchface]

But I WAS scared to go after you. Not the second time. And I obviously didn't.

[abrightboy]

You still came after us. And you still went down there to help.

[stressingwitchface]

Shut up! You're making me sound much more noble than I am. I'm TRYING to confess to you how self-serving I am, you idiot!

[abrightboy]

I beg your pardon. If the people you’re risking your life to help down there are okay for the moment, please go on.

[stressingwitchface]

I am NOT risking my life, that's the POINT. Shouldn't I feel the urge to do something stupid and heroic if I really am redeeming my past actions?

[abrightboy]

Let’s see if that holds up:

Is not being stupider about them the thing you regret about your past actions?

[stressingwitchface]

Yes. I wish I had been more clever about realizing Belos' grand plan. I wish I hadn't been the lackey of someone who never cared about me.

[abrightboy]

So doing stupid things wouldn't fix that. Doing smart things and looking for meaning in what you do would be the opposite.

[stressingwitchface]

So instead of being stupid AND selfish I'm better off being clever and selfish.

Your logic needs some work, Warden.

[abrightboy]

Things don't have to fall into the two binary categories of 'selfish' and 'selfless'. Tell me why you think what you're doing right now isn't good and laudable.

[stressingwitchface]

I'm doing it to make you proud and to make me look better in the eyes of the Admiral. Not because I care about any of these fools.

[abrightboy]

Okay, why do you think Shaw is doing it?

[stressingwitchface]

Stupidity.

[abrightboy]

Is that more noble than what you're doing?

[stressingwitchface]

Well, obviously. She's a warden.

[abrightboy]

That doesn’t automatically confer nobility on anything she does.

[stressingwitchface]

Well, obviously something is working for her and not for me, so I need to emulate her in attitude and action.

[abrightboy]

Please don’t.

[stressingwitchface]

Well, why not?

[abrightboy]

Because everybody’s ‘right way’ is unique to them and you’re not going to graduate by imitating someone else. You have to find Warden Kikimora in there, not mini Warden Shaw.

[stressingwitchface]

Well...good! I don't like the way she speaks to you.

[abrightboy]

….You don’t? [That isn’t the turn he expected this to take.]

[stressingwitchface]

Perhaps I am missing something in private messages, but from what I've seen publicly, you two are at odds.

Was that incorrect?