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[lackinginfaith]

I've been thinking. I've been thinking for a long time now.

They -- the enemy, that is. They treat us all as something inhuman, even the ones whose bodies haven't changed. We were all born human... animal company excluded, of course. But what are we now? Some of us are turning into monsters. Even those of us who look human are... something that aren't.

...I mean, look at me. I'm a soulless husk when you get down to it.

I asked you all something when I first arrived here. It feels like a long time ago now, but tell me. What do you think you can do?

How can you protect anyone?

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[text]

[lackinginfaith]

Then what would you call someone with their soul on the outside?

Yes, it's probably better to think of the enemy as the real monsters. It's true either way. It's still unsettling.

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[centurian]

That... is a good question. But "husk" still wouldn't be the first thing I'd go with. It brings to mind less "person" and more "mindless creature".

[ He realizes not for the first time, that perhaps he is really out of his depth. ]

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[lackinginfaith]

I'm certainly not that, and I don't think I would be.

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[centurian]

Sorry. That's not what I wanted to imply. It just reminded me of something

[ ...Did that trigger one of those echo-pulse things? But... ]

My point is that what makes a "human" and what makes a "monster" comes from the inside. It's pretty cliché, but it's true. And eventually, those bastards will face the law.

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[lackinginfaith]

Hard when the law answers to the enemy.

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[centurian]

But the thing is, the law's not answering to them. There's no way that if the State or the Federal Government knew about the illegal arrests and murders being committed that they'd let it continue. They would demand answers.

And they will find out, somehow.

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[lackinginfaith]

The last person who suggested going public got shot down overwhelmingly.

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[centurian]

I'm not suggesting telling people about this network... thing. If it's invisible to everyone else, that's just crazy.

What I'm suggesting is maybe pooling knowledge to try and find a viable way of exposing police corruption.

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[lackinginfaith]

Like we did with Thunder and the water.

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[centurian]

Something like that. Though, some are still saying ThunderCorp was unfairly targeted.

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[lackinginfaith]

They'll always say that.

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[centurian]

And that's why more people need to leak evidence of corruption in little ways.

Sometimes, it's the little things that can win wars.

[ Or so he's heard. ]