Last Thread: the Endgame
Dawn Sword was surprised at being called upon by Sun Snake, but then steeled herself, nodding as she went to speak; before she could, however, Summer Wasp raised her hand as she said, a note of kindness in her voice:
"There is no need for this. I can guess it well enough on my own."
She turned to Sun Snake and went on, back to a hard, serious tone:
"Something bad happened in her childhood, and she had to grow up hiding and living in fear. At some point, her powers revealed themselves, whether she realized it or not, and then she either had to misuse them to take care of herself, or somebody found out and took advantage of them for evil ends, or she was attacked and persecuted whenever discovered and had to keep hiding and repressing her abilities."
Summer Wasp made a gesture with her hand to encompass all of the Monastery, then said:
"It's no surprising story, very many of us here in the Monastery have similar ones; those who don't, like you, or Sun Fox, or Sabre Fox and Golden Sparrow, are the privileged ones. But all of the rest of us have a past of being unwanted or persecuted, alone or in the hands of those who'd see us as nothing but tool. There are degrees to it, as it is for everything, but in this, many Kai are equal. And that's why here, among the Kai, there is always a place for everyone, so long as they are willing to leave that past behind and use the powers they've been given to help others. That's what make us brethren, fighting for the light is what unites us all."
She closed her eyes, letting out a long breath, then went on, sounding sad:
"These aren't my words, even if they are my creed. It was Banedon to speak them to me on the Skyrider, when I was on my way to the Monastery from Tahou, which is my birthplace and where Lone Wolf found me. He had a challenge from Gnaag to take care of, so he sent me to the Monastery before being able to explain to me much of what it entailed, leaving me lost and confused, and I couldn't see how a person like me would fit among the Kai, but Banedon reassured me I would, with those words."
Her tone hardened as she continued:
"I do not doubt our missions, Sun Snake, and I understand that we all are fighting the darkness together, but we can't be fettered by political consideration when we do it. Don't you see? Whomever it was who gave the order to hunt down Dawn Sword's family, they did it for reasons of the politics you all despise; if I'd been in power then, I'd have refused such an order, because it was wrong, and if the result would be Kai under the thumb of our enemies, ready to attack them, I'd have saved those who could be and fought those who would not, because that is our way. All we need to do is act with righteousness, and we shall not go amiss - fight to save and not to destroy, and ignore the politics that would chain us. I am sad for what happened to your student, whatever it might be, but it wasn't because of people acting with righteousness - it was because of politics giving orders out of fear or convenience, instead of fighting for the light. That's what I'm against."
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