>>18854371>>18854373While LILLITH is working in the kitchen, Andi Kestrel comes in and starts working beside her, cleaning messy counters and washing up dirty dishes. She catches LILLITH looking over at DOG when she "woofs," and she joins LILLITH in watching DOG thoughtfully.
>"I don't get it, LILLITH. How she got wrapped up in this whole struggle for power, when no one asked her. Seems like a lotta people want a piece of her, you know? If not an actual piece, then as a metaphor or whatever. She gets mixed up in all this stuff, and it doesn't seem right. But we know how that goes, don't we?">"I thought about bein' in the Dog Fight. Y'know, to try to help out. But is it really about her, or is it just some ploy by all these industrialists and mass media people who just want to get a stranglehold on everything, man? I've heard they're changing all the cameras, changing the rules, changing the way everything works around here, and I don't get it. I guess it's all gonna be different soon." >"And I'm right in the thick of it too, taking chances. Me and Robyn are in the Tag Team Derby, to get a shot at Warhorse, and we really want it bad. We wanna show what we're capable of and lift each other up, and..... maybe you understand, I'm so fuckin' proud of her, and I wanna do my part. I wanna prove that everything we're striving for, everything we're dreamin' about together is REAL. Or at least that we put it on the table and tried, and then have no regrets for doing our best.">"At least, I don't wanna mess up and let her down. Like I let you down."Andi runs some water into a pot and begins scouring it with an abrasive brush.
>"But what I really want is to hang on to all the good things around me through all the difficult shit going down. Change is coming, and I guess we're due for it. But I'm happy here, doing what I'm doing with you guys. I wanna keep this." 