one bite

[seeksherownsalvation]

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[ CRINKLE ]

Hey, so, that machine lady--

[ CRUNCH. ]

Y'know, the one that starts nagging us right when we get here.

[ A lurching blur, another CRINKLE. ]

She's not so bright, is she, huh?

[ And the blurry, disjointed image on the communicator's screen finally resolves into something coherent: a teenage girl eating chips and staring at the device with a fiercely unimpressed expression. ]

If she's not gonna listen when I tell her I ain't no hero, she kinda sucks at this importing thing!

[ CRINKLE CRINKLE CRUNCH ]

Seriously.

[ She balls up the now-empty bag of chips and flings it away off-screen. ]

Someone better tell me how I get outta here soon or I'll just hafta mess up the place. That'd prove I'm no hero, right? But it's a waste of time if there's an easier way, so you should probably just let me know now.

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[glowsferatu]

It means that I acted too late to interfere, and for this was repaid by becoming the second victim.

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[seeksherownsalvation]

No way. You make it sound like you were being punished!

[ Or at least that's the conclusion Kyouko reaches rather than slow down to think about the course of events Kanaya must be describing. ]

Really, you probably just didn't do a very good job of looking out for number one. That's how you get to be a victim in the first place, y'know.

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[glowsferatu]

[ no, kyouko's pretty much got her number, there. the only thing worse as far as she cares is that she had to wake back up. ]

That's a terrible sense of priorities. Why shouldn't I have been punished for my contribution to the matter, and the lack thereof?

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[seeksherownsalvation]

Why shouldn't...? It's more like why should you!

[ She's regained a bit of composure by now, though, and makes a show of not even quite looking at the screen as she shakes the last contents of the bag of snacks out. ]

Strong people eat up the weak people. Weak people die or just fall apart. It's not anything like punishment.

[ And she crumples up the tinfoil bag and tosses it away. ]

So...you're not right about being punished, you're probably lying about the dying thing too.

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[glowsferatu]

Being incorrect does not mean one must be lying. As an example, I expect you're wrong in everything you say! But your ill-advised belief in it I have no reason to question.

There is no reason to devour the weak. They, if anything, require our protection more than any other. I would much rather battle the strong on behalf on those in lack than to dominate those beneath my abilities.