[ Precisely. And for him, and to a lesser degree certainly Lance (fighting against it from within or not, all who worked for the establishment were part of the establishment), that effect spans out beyond just people in their number and the small cast of natives who made up the fabric of their individual lives. Even counting out those he acted upon directly and to devastating effect, his involvement in the world of the Aerie spans centuries.
There are a lot of elements on the scale that he'll never really be able to balance. It is what it is. He'll take as good a shot at choosing his moments as he can.
It's not the kind of ethical debate they need to have now. ]
I'm not surprised. Stepping out of that and into this can't have been the world's most comforting not-quite-homecoming.
[ If there's one thing he can easily commiserate over with just about anybody, it's Displaced drama. Especially Displaced network drama, and he can only assume that's a large chunk of what Lance has been up against.
An odd disconnect in the ease of falling into this sort of conversation, the compartmentalisation of all the rest of it entirely effortless. ]
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There are a lot of elements on the scale that he'll never really be able to balance. It is what it is. He'll take as good a shot at choosing his moments as he can.
It's not the kind of ethical debate they need to have now. ]
I'm not surprised. Stepping out of that and into this can't have been the world's most comforting not-quite-homecoming.
[ If there's one thing he can easily commiserate over with just about anybody, it's Displaced drama. Especially Displaced network drama, and he can only assume that's a large chunk of what Lance has been up against.
An odd disconnect in the ease of falling into this sort of conversation, the compartmentalisation of all the rest of it entirely effortless. ]