“Found power can be dangerous in the wrong hands.”
Valerie spoke calmly as they walked together. The answer had been automatic, perhaps ingrained to memory from various experiences, but she didn’t elaborate further. Instead she listened, as if she’d done so before, every day as if they were old friends. Which they were not. The blonde felt comfortable with Beth, unnaturally so, but she couldn’t quite understand why or worry about it.
“No.” The word startled Valerie as it rolled off her tongue, sharp though thick as she moved as if in water, then the next second not, and she blinked a few times to break out of the haze. “It should depend on what those intentions were. Just because someone could build a nuke doesn’t mean they should set it off.”
Valerie chewed the inside of her lip, the conversation was cutting very close to things that were too coincidental. Suspicion began to thread through the comfort Beth created and the blonde turned to look at her distractedly.
“What?” She glanced around and tried to focus on the surroundings. “About twenty minutes away, sooner if we walk faster.”
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on 2013-10-07 09:51 pm (UTC)Valerie spoke calmly as they walked together. The answer had been automatic, perhaps ingrained to memory from various experiences, but she didn’t elaborate further. Instead she listened, as if she’d done so before, every day as if they were old friends. Which they were not. The blonde felt comfortable with Beth, unnaturally so, but she couldn’t quite understand why or worry about it.
“No.” The word startled Valerie as it rolled off her tongue, sharp though thick as she moved as if in water, then the next second not, and she blinked a few times to break out of the haze. “It should depend on what those intentions were. Just because someone could build a nuke doesn’t mean they should set it off.”
Valerie chewed the inside of her lip, the conversation was cutting very close to things that were too coincidental. Suspicion began to thread through the comfort Beth created and the blonde turned to look at her distractedly.
“What?” She glanced around and tried to focus on the surroundings. “About twenty minutes away, sooner if we walk faster.”