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A week is too much to ask? Someone on this boat couldn't go a single week without making trouble again. Well, I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Why the Hell did that little girl want a squirrel, anyway? They're rats with flashier outfits.

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And you might have waited to punch him in the nose over it once he had his own nose back. Less likely to overpower you and make good on his threats, yeah?

And what I meant about the Marquis had more to do with talking. He graduated but he's not exactly any less afraid to talk as he pleases, now is he?

Perhaps I wanted him to learn that even as a small woman, I'm not helpless.

So? I don't care. There's a difference between idle talk and threats.

And not that I'm not proud, but you were risking someone else's body to do it.

And if he had hurt you, I don't imagine I'd ever get you back.

It was in public, so I doubt there wouldn't have been an intervention if he tried anything.

Why? He can't do anything permanent.

No, but I would have.

Are you saying you would have left me dead for punching the Master after he threatened my life?

No!

...oh. Sorry, I misread that.

Jesus, Henry.

Then what did you mean?

What I mean is I would have done more than just kill him.

Which is why Rube is looking after you right now.

I don't need anybody to look after me, Morgan. I'm not a child.

You're an Inmate. It doesn't make you an Invalid, but it means that there's someone else here that's held accountable to not just your actions, but your well-being too.

Like you for your men.

The Wardens do not care for us the way I did for my men.

I don't think some do, no. But then how long did it take for you to build the bonds you had with them that you had?

And along the way did they resist you at every turn?

Of course not. They were in the military; they knew better. Insubordination was hardly tolerated under my command.

Edited 2009-10-12 18:18 (UTC)

And they were there initially because they chose to be, yeah? There's certain things expected from them at the start.

We've got to make believers of people that sometimes don't understand what's going on, don't want our help, and violently oppose us. We're lucky if we get any chance to bond with our Inmates -- we can only get either as far as we're allowed to go or as far as we can make ourselves push them. Some Wardens come here, I'll admit, and they have no idea what they're up against, how much they're going to be resisted.

Edited 2009-10-12 18:22 (UTC)

Not everybody joins the military out of choice. Ultimately, it is voluntary, but... there are circumstances that could drive a man to enlist, because he has little else.

Besides, it was still a struggle for me, to determine how to best keep morale going in a hopeless situation.

Of course, and I'm not saying it was a stroll in the park for you. But knowing what you know, I would imagine you'd be a little more understanding, considering what we've got to work with.

Morgan, the reason why I'm not a little more understanding is because I earned the right to command my men. I had undergone years of training, and I devoted my life to the army.

What have the rest of you done?

Just myself or the lot of us as a whole?

The lot of you.

We each vowed to save at least one soul. Sometimes against everything we were brought up to believe about right and wrong, how things are to be judged in the end. Sometimes on pain of repeated death, or the loss of our own souls.

It's idealistic. It doesn't come with the commendation of a nation or any real rank.

But do you seriously think there's a single Warden on this boat that is going to be able to live with themselves, much less go unjudged at the end, if they go home and haven't accomplished what they set out to do?

Yes.

Many, in fact.

Not me, Henry. You know I can't speak for everyone else, as much as I'd like to.

And I'll already have one other soul to account for besides my own when I do finally die. I'm not adding yours to the list.

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