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[repetitio]

How many of you had combat-training or -experience in your matrices? Call it curiosity.

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[repetitio]

No.

[ and a moment later, ] Someone from the same matrix.

[sfoils]

I'd trust them, then.

[repetitio]

I do.

[ she's not sure if she hopes cage sees this, or that he never does. ]

Would you not trust the Council?

[ probably a politically very unwise question, but rita has never cared for politics. she's a soldier, nothing else. ]

[sfoils]

There's someone from my Matrix here, and I trust him too. With my life.

[ Well, what a lovely minefield to walk into this morning. ] Not blindly, no. I've been a soldier for too long to believe politicians have our best interests in mind.

[repetitio]

Did you know him inside?

[ she's not sorry; that would imply caring more than she does. ] Blind trust rarely works in anyone's favour.

[sfoils]

Yes.

But that's what politicians want the most.

[repetitio]

Tough luck.

[sfoils]

Yeah, I had my own little personal war with a politician. I don't miss it.

[repetitio]

Inside or out?

[sfoils]

Inside.

[repetitio]

Better than out.

[sfoils]

I wouldn't jump that blaster just yet. I'm getting a reputation already.

[repetitio]

Are you?

[ it just goes to show how much rita keeps to herself, doesn't it, that she's not aware. ]

[sfoils]

Huh. Then maybe I'm not.

[repetitio]

I wouldn't know.