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[Administrator --> Sirocco]
It's a lot to take in. This new form you've made for yourself, these familiar faces, everything. It's all so much. What food is safe to eat. How to ration, how to barter, how to take a life is necessary, what the 'alphabet companies are'.
You try your best to take all of it in. You want to be able to take care of yourself. You don't want to be just a kid anymore...
<span class="mu-r">For our whole life, we have known nothing but prisons. The desert, the cowboys, and here? We've been trapped!</span>
<span class="mu-r">It's about time we decide what to do with ourselves!</span>
<span class="mu-b">But are we really able to handle it? Life in the City, life without anyone to coddle and protect us?</span>
<span class="mu-b">Knowledge is nothing with execution. We may know more than we ever have but he was right. We NEED to be protected.</span>
<span class="mu-g">They've done so much to help us grow. To help us realize who we are, even in ways they didn't realize.</span>
<span class="mu-g">Wouldn't it be more childish to demand to stay here? To cling onto their assistance?</span>
<span class="mu-g">A bird must fly from the nest eventually.</span>
<span class="mu-b">This world they talk about is cruel. It's cold. There's not even a storm to run from out there.</span>
<span class="mu-b">We would just be trapped again. Just in a different way, an adult way.</span>
<span class="mu-b">Is it childish to want to avoid that? To stay where it's safe and comfortable?</span>
The lessons sink in as far as they can. The knight holds his cool sword while the cute puppy rests on your lap. You pet her as best as you can.
"It's ultimately your decision, child, when it comes to handling yourself. I was in your shoes too. Lost. Confused."
<span class="mu-r">IT WAS NEVER OUR FREAKING DECISION! EVERYONE HAS BEEN MAKING DECISIONS FOR US! EVEN DAD!</span>
<span class="mu-b">He just wanted to protect us. And in their own way, they have protected us too.</span>
"I get that R-Company probably wasn't the best and I'm sorry your situation has been like this." Miss Ranger crosses her arms. "I hope what I taught can help, though."
"It's about time, isn't it?" Mom- Monifa asks. "We're here for you."
<span class="mu-g">With this knowledge, we can go anywhere. Do anything. Finally be who we were meant to be.</span>
<span class="mu-b">With this knowledge, we can keep ourselves safe. To protect ourselves and our new home. To stay here and empower it.</span>
<span class="mu-r">With this knowledge, we can right the wrongs. We can finally escape this storm, this safety blanket, and sprout wings.</span>
You look towards the door at the end of your room. You've made your mind. You decide to...
>Stay in your shelter. This is all you have known.
>Leave the nest. It's been long enough.
Meant to post earlier but I fell asleep. Next update will be her resolution, the rest of the anomaly work orders, and then letting you decide what to do for the fifth hour.
