Cruising Aquitaine
In reply to Meir Galinski (msg # 178):
"I did not see what the others did, but I DID see what they did," he says, referring to the Labrysians around you.
"I saw their dead, I saw them grieve, like us, but I also saw them fighting those who were hostile. Not to save their families, but to save ours. They were not here when the main colony was attacked, and look what happened to them. They were here when we were attacked, by the same group, no less, and we repelled the attack. It seems not having them here got a lot more killed than having them here.
Like I said, if you hate that so much, leave. To be honest, we would prefer to have them with us than you, because they saved this colony, but you did not save yours!"
He is speaking with restraint, as if he has had this discussion before and is very firm in his position now. Indeed, you get the feeling this is the culmination of the last week of discussions in this colony.