It’s a start, from here we have to work our way around. “That’s a start, you want to be able to answer this next time you are asked, yes?” He couldn’t blame E for not understanding, he and the others were still learning, but spending time with one another they have slowly been learning about having their own freedom and their own choices. They have all been scared at some point, even frightened, but they were never rushed or forced to do anything they don’t want to do, it was all their own choice and their own free will. If their choice was wrong then they would learn from it, simple as that.
“I cannot tell you how to be a person, but I know you can learn, I’m still learning even now, I can say that I feel more alive than before. When I was still part of Union I was nothing more than an experiment subject, something that Union wanted to test until I was of no more use to them. Now, now I have a choice. I’m treated more like a human than athing, and bit by bit I have been given the opportunity to talk to others and get to know them.”Perhaps working close with the children is a huge help, they’re so young and offer a different point of view than an adult can give.
“It’s not something easy or something you can learn in one day, it’s a process. Perhaps miss Rakeria sent you to us so you can learn step by step like we did. You won’t see what we see, but you’ll eventually see how others look at things, listen to another’s point of view and beliefs, not to mention being able to choose for yourself and try new things. Don’t rush it, don’t force yourself to do anything you don’t want, but do try to take that step. We all don’t talk as much, but we understand where you come from so if you ever feel like talking, or just spending time with us feel free to. We may not even utter a word at times, but knowing that someone is there willing to lend a helping hand or an ear is more than enough than being alone and isolated.” This is what Union has done to us, to them, brainwash us until we are nothing but their puppets to control and get rid of when they get bored, that is what I want to stop from continuing, but alone I know I cannot.
“I can tell you one thing we all have in common, we despise the Union and wish to get rid of it, we can’t let others go through what we did, it’s not fair to them at all.”
“So that’s why,” quietly leaves them, an answer they hadn’t quite expecting to reach coming together. They put their newfound information to the side for now though--they hadn’t come to immediately question why they make targets of themselves for the Union, after all.
While the simple answer to that initial question was ‘yes’, at this point E would rather not hear the inquiry directed their way again. They’d been told time and time again that this--understanding and appreciating what it meant to be ‘free’--would take time. That the answers would come in time and that they’d learn what it meant to not only be a person but to be themselves. They just needed patience and an open mind. Meet and experience others and what the world had to offer and the rest would follow.
Well, one thing they’d learned was that they were more impatient than they’d realized. Going so long without a clear purpose or set objective--this was nothing like biding time before a kill or waiting with bated breath for the next round of experiments to begin. It--they, wasn't used to exist without a purpose laid out for them, as pathetic as that sounded. And that fact was the most frustrating thing it had to deal with thus far.
“I will...keep that in mind. If anything, I believe that you are accurately guessing the Lord's intentions.” E says after a pause, brows furrowing as they mull over what they’d been told--specifically the bit about their shared hatred of the Union. Perhaps that wouldn’t be so easy for them to save those questions for later after all.
“Have you...carried that with you for long?” The teen asks, violet eyes boring into silver with ill contained curiosity. “That hatred I mean--since before you left the Union? If you don’t mind my asking."
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