There's green plasma in the Quad. It's Hullen. It can take over people. Turn them into stronger fighters that heal instead of bleeding and that share a hivemind of sorts. Khlyen was one of them. The Nine made a deal with the Hullen decades ago that the Hullen wouldn't invade the Quad yet, that they'd only do it later.
Khlyen's daughter looks exactly like me. [ no, that's not right. ] I look like her. Because I am her. She's Hullen and she can do weird shit with the Green and she pulled me out of it as a child.
And she's come to the Quad to turn us all into Hullen. So I'm going to kill her. [ was going to kill her? probably. ] But it'll kill me, too.
How far ahead of me are you again? Now. [ because holy hells, dutch. he doesn't actually seem too surprised by the news, but decently so, and that's mostly just because it's a lot to take in. ]
So, the Nine made a deal with this... plasma that can control people? Who controls the hivemind? This other woman who looks like you? [ he would say Khlyen, but he didn't miss the use of the past tense there with his name. that's another question entirely.
as is the last thing she's mentioned. ] What do you mean it'll kill you too? [ well ] Beyond the obvious interpretation.
[ "It's Hullen 101." she says, as though that helps at all. he knows she knows that doesn't actually help, which just... honestly furthers how rattled she seems to be by it. he just does his best to keep up. ] Because she took you out of one of of these pools. [ which is... weird and difficult to absorb so he can't even begin to imagine how it must be for her, with even more context and understanding of this 'aneela' person in general.
he's still wrapping his head around a fair deal but ] Is there not another way to kill anyone affected by the plasma?
Edited (there was an extra bracket that bothered me, altho prob no less than this edit note will, so\) 2017-10-16 08:59 (UTC)
[ for what it's worth: dutch is, too, in her own way. she's had more time, admittedly, but — it's still a lot. so many years without knowing where she'd come from, she she is.
now she has answers. ]
There isn't. She dies, I die. And if I don't kill her, she'll kill me.
[ either way, she'll die. dutch looks at alvis with an expression of acceptance that would be more suited for his features than her own. ]
[ if he just sort of. rolls with it, doesn't treat it so much as an 'other' sort of experience - well this is more weird than anything he normally has to pretend is normal. is rolling with it going to make it seem even more weird?
whatever, he's going to roll with it. it's what he does. ]
Stopping someone doesn't necessarily always mean killing them.
[ that's (gently) directed at you and the person apparently trying to fight against you. he has faith in you dutch, in your ability to be able to stop someone either trying to kill other people or - and especially understandably so - yourself. he doesn't expect whomever you're talking about to have the same mindset, but it still doesn't mean it's not reasonable. from his own current mindset, at least. ]
Edited (i left out a really important element okay, i'm tired) 2017-10-25 13:08 (UTC)
[ maybe there is. d'avin had certainly tried looking for one and even he'd failed. death is something dutch has come to accept. what she can't accept is not mattering. living in the shadows, hidden away. ]
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Khlyen's daughter looks exactly like me. [ no, that's not right. ] I look like her. Because I am her. She's Hullen and she can do weird shit with the Green and she pulled me out of it as a child.
And she's come to the Quad to turn us all into Hullen. So I'm going to kill her. [ was going to kill her? probably. ] But it'll kill me, too.
[ enjoy that word vomit. ]
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How far ahead of me are you again? Now. [ because holy hells, dutch. he doesn't actually seem too surprised by the news, but decently so, and that's mostly just because it's a lot to take in. ]
So, the Nine made a deal with this... plasma that can control people? Who controls the hivemind? This other woman who looks like you? [ he would say Khlyen, but he didn't miss the use of the past tense there with his name. that's another question entirely.
as is the last thing she's mentioned. ] What do you mean it'll kill you too? [ well ] Beyond the obvious interpretation.
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he's still wrapping his head around a fair deal but ] Is there not another way to kill anyone affected by the plasma?
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now she has answers. ]
There isn't. She dies, I die. And if I don't kill her, she'll kill me.
[ either way, she'll die. dutch looks at alvis with an expression of acceptance that would be more suited for his features than her own. ]
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whatever, he's going to roll with it. it's what he does. ]
Stopping someone doesn't necessarily always mean killing them.
[ that's (gently) directed at you and the person apparently trying to fight against you. he has faith in you dutch, in your ability to be able to stop someone either trying to kill other people or - and especially understandably so - yourself. he doesn't expect whomever you're talking about to have the same mindset, but it still doesn't mean it's not reasonable. from his own current mindset, at least. ]
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[ maybe there is. d'avin had certainly tried looking for one and even he'd failed. death is something dutch has come to accept. what she can't accept is not mattering. living in the shadows, hidden away. ]