[Caitlyn nods. She knows how hard it is for Vi to say these things. Especially because Caitlyn barely even knows who Mylo and Claggor even are, just getting bits and pieces about what Vi's family was like before her prison sentence.]
Continuing the cycle of violence never fixes things. If I wanted to, I could hate Jinx-- want her dead, even. But it's like you said. It doesn't change anything. It doesn't bring the dead back.
[It doesn't bring her mother back. Caitlyn knows all too well how easy it could be to let hate rule you, but she made a choice long ago not to let it.]
[there's a long silence, and finally Vi finds herself leaning her head on Caitlyn's shoulder. there's not really much else she could say here, but her vision swims with tears.
but she's going to blink them away. she's absolutely not going to cry.]
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Yeah. It's kind of pointless here, isn't it? And it doesn't change anything. Vander, Mylo, and Claggor are still dead.
[the words hurt her, like a knife to the heart. but... it was true.]
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Continuing the cycle of violence never fixes things. If I wanted to, I could hate Jinx-- want her dead, even. But it's like you said. It doesn't change anything. It doesn't bring the dead back.
[It doesn't bring her mother back. Caitlyn knows all too well how easy it could be to let hate rule you, but she made a choice long ago not to let it.]
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but she's going to blink them away. she's absolutely not going to cry.]
It's not fair.
[that's all she says now, quiet. bone tired.]