[He's quiet, just for a moment. A heavy pause while he considers.]
I think of Hickey. Would he have been brought here if he could not truly be redeemed? In that same vein, would Connor have been brought here if it was just a matter of programming? No. He is capable of goodness.
[Annie has never believed anyone was beyond change. She knows that people, probably most people, won't put in the work to make those changes but that doesn't mean they couldn't if they tried. It's a relief to hear Crozier say that of Hickey because she has worried ever since their talk how far Crozier's hate and hurt might go. She will not let him risk demotion.]
He does? [Connor had shaken her a little when he'd said it was simply what he was made to do: make himself likeable to whoever was in front of him.] What did he say?
He found me in the library, and went out of his way to give me books about ocean life and surfing. Things you love. There's affection in that sort of gesture, Annie. Fondness.
[ It's audio so there's no way to see the way that melts her a little, but there is a small, surprised, touched sound. ]
If that asshole who made him knew, and they were back home, he'd have Connor destroyed, Francis. How do you ever make it really safe for him to feel things? Especially here...
[ She draws in a breath. That strikes home, soothes her mind a little. ]
You're right. You're right, any time you love someone it's a risk. And you're gonna get hurt no matter how much you love someone.
He put fireflies in the Greenhouse for me. In a port, we were best friends and we went and sat on a hill to watch the fireflies a lot? And when we got back I told him I'd never seen real ones. We're going to go look at them when he's ready.
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Date: 2021-08-19 11:13 am (UTC)[He's quiet, just for a moment. A heavy pause while he considers.]
I think of Hickey. Would he have been brought here if he could not truly be redeemed? In that same vein, would Connor have been brought here if it was just a matter of programming? No. He is capable of goodness.
He speaks of you with love.
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Date: 2021-08-19 03:55 pm (UTC)He does? [Connor had shaken her a little when he'd said it was simply what he was made to do: make himself likeable to whoever was in front of him.] What did he say?
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Date: 2021-08-19 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-20 12:38 am (UTC)If that asshole who made him knew, and they were back home, he'd have Connor destroyed, Francis. How do you ever make it really safe for him to feel things? Especially here...
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Date: 2021-08-20 12:57 am (UTC)He needs to see that the benefits outweigh those risks.
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Date: 2021-08-20 01:05 am (UTC)You're right. You're right, any time you love someone it's a risk. And you're gonna get hurt no matter how much you love someone.
He put fireflies in the Greenhouse for me. In a port, we were best friends and we went and sat on a hill to watch the fireflies a lot? And when we got back I told him I'd never seen real ones. We're going to go look at them when he's ready.
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Date: 2021-08-20 01:24 am (UTC)That sounds wonderful, Annie. A memory with a dear friend. I think it will bring some comfort him.
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Date: 2021-08-20 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-20 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-20 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-20 02:06 am (UTC)[Not suspicious! Not suspicious at all!]
Please call on me if you need anything, Annie.
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Date: 2021-08-20 02:08 am (UTC)I will. And you call me, too, this is a two-way street, okay? I'll see you tomorrow.
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Date: 2021-08-20 02:29 am (UTC)