( ask her that question outright, and clarke would insist she wanted nothing from him. maybe just to erase one of the mysteries on this ship and, again, offer natsuno an out. if he didn't like the idea of being saddled with a repeat genocidal murderer for a partner here, he shouldn't have to deal with it just because their circumstance didn't offer any alternatives.
but at the same time, absolution has a certain draw to it. not that forgiveness from anyone other than herself would ever truly stick, and clarke is never going to give that to herself. it would cheapen the suffering she'd caused, and the dead deserved their pound of flesh.
for now, she'll take his response as a thin strand of empathy, and use it to strengthen her resolve that — yup. it was time to knuckle down and repeat hard choices and bloody choices all over again, as their situation would come to demand. )
Given the option, would you make those same choices over again?
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but at the same time, absolution has a certain draw to it. not that forgiveness from anyone other than herself would ever truly stick, and clarke is never going to give that to herself. it would cheapen the suffering she'd caused, and the dead deserved their pound of flesh.
for now, she'll take his response as a thin strand of empathy, and use it to strengthen her resolve that — yup. it was time to knuckle down and repeat hard choices and bloody choices all over again, as their situation would come to demand. )
Given the option, would you make those same choices over again?