[video]

[sword_redemption]

Wing's taken over the investigation for Vandal. He's faster, smarter, and a member of the Law Committee. I think it's time we agree and admit this is a crime and not a disappearance, anyway.

[Also, Wing didn't die recently. That, uh, probably helps his CV, too.]

Going out into the Badlands. There's...something I need to find out there.

[He hesitates, then locks the feed from Wing.]

Anyone come back, and, uh, remember things? That they haven't lived through?

....like Theophany?

Comments

[video]

[sword_redemption]

I can see why. I used to, too.

Now, it's just...killing is all I can do, and it doesn't seem like enough.

[video]

[a_father_to_his_men]

Somehow I find the idea that killing is all you can do being doubtful. Fighting, perhaps but that can be used for positive as much as it can for negative. Just like a weapon, fighting is neither good nor bad, it is how and why it is used that determines those things.

Have you considered trying to learn something new to do? Something to develop in order to prove to yourself you can do more?

Re: [video]

[sword_redemption]

I kind of hope we need less of it, now that the war's over.

I'm trying to learn first aid. [From, uh, First Aid. Go figure.]

[video]

[a_father_to_his_men]

I can agree that it would be nice if it became a less needed skill.

That is a useful skill to have, especially in our current environment.

[video]

[sword_redemption]

I don't know if that can happen, though.

[Still, it would be nice.]

It's a lot harder than it looks.

[video]

[a_father_to_his_men]

Hopefully, even if the need for fighting does not go away, the need to do so against other mechs does, even if slowly.

[He recognizes that a sudden termination of any war is statistically unlikely. Even with a victor and a loser there is likely to still be contention.]

It can be, but the best things to learn are the ones we have to work the most at.