[He did ask, and now Huo was content to listen, to let Smoke say however much he wanted or needed to in his own time. He had time, certainly. The crystal was not going anywhere, and neither was he.
Settling back down, he watched Smoke at the window, watched the gray trail from the cigarette wind shapes against the cold sky and listened to the words behind the words. He'd chosen the right man to ask. Smoke's world-weary perspective - whether was born of conviction or frustration - was, ironically, refreshing. And there was something he hadn't said but that Huo understood, anyway - there was no price to not using the crystal.]
Is that not a privilege we may not have? [He spoke quietly, without leaving his seat - without really moving much at all, almost eerily still.] Are we not obligated to know ourselves - so that if there is in us potential to do harm, it does not catch us unaware? [He knew that it couldn't possibly be called an innocent question, but the truth was that as his dilemmas went, this was the simplest one.]
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Date: 2011-01-18 10:05 pm (UTC)Settling back down, he watched Smoke at the window, watched the gray trail from the cigarette wind shapes against the cold sky and listened to the words behind the words. He'd chosen the right man to ask. Smoke's world-weary perspective - whether was born of conviction or frustration - was, ironically, refreshing. And there was something he hadn't said but that Huo understood, anyway - there was no price to not using the crystal.]
Is that not a privilege we may not have? [He spoke quietly, without leaving his seat - without really moving much at all, almost eerily still.] Are we not obligated to know ourselves - so that if there is in us potential to do harm, it does not catch us unaware? [He knew that it couldn't possibly be called an innocent question, but the truth was that as his dilemmas went, this was the simplest one.]