Mary paused at Ira's interpretation. She didn't see much of that Tower of his but she saw enough to get a faint clue of what he had gone through. And that was another reason she had asked him here. It was something she'd never ask of a child, but Ira's unique situation and experiences made him something other than what he appeared to be in many different ways.
"Palitutu may have done what she felt best, but the cost cannot be ignored. Lives were lost, paid, to bring us here, and all for the purpose of keeping things as they are. She's absolved herself of the guilt by assuring herself that she's simply doing what needs to be done and as it always has." She purses her lips and then nods, "What we have been doing, fumbling along as we have, is try to cut our own course against the wind and current. It's harder and may lead us to wreck, but it's better than lashing yourself to a ship that's sinking in the hopes you'll reach shore first."
They weren't that far off track. Palitutu was relevant in this situation. She HAD been the Assassin's target for a time. Resting her elbow in her palm she gestured once again, flexing the fingers on her left hand.
"I was a little surprised to see you at our meeting. In fact I was surprised that Saori had encouraged you to attend. I was expecting I'd have to keep my meeting with you about this secret from her." She smirked, enjoying her poor joke for a moment. "You spoke about being a spy in the Tower, and it's my hope that you haven't had the need here. As I said, the Assassins here are not at the moment needed for the original purpose I organized them, and yet they still have a role they can play. The fact that it's one of the Jobs available to us is proof enough of that."
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"Palitutu may have done what she felt best, but the cost cannot be ignored. Lives were lost, paid, to bring us here, and all for the purpose of keeping things as they are. She's absolved herself of the guilt by assuring herself that she's simply doing what needs to be done and as it always has." She purses her lips and then nods, "What we have been doing, fumbling along as we have, is try to cut our own course against the wind and current. It's harder and may lead us to wreck, but it's better than lashing yourself to a ship that's sinking in the hopes you'll reach shore first."
They weren't that far off track. Palitutu was relevant in this situation. She HAD been the Assassin's target for a time. Resting her elbow in her palm she gestured once again, flexing the fingers on her left hand.
"I was a little surprised to see you at our meeting. In fact I was surprised that Saori had encouraged you to attend. I was expecting I'd have to keep my meeting with you about this secret from her." She smirked, enjoying her poor joke for a moment. "You spoke about being a spy in the Tower, and it's my hope that you haven't had the need here. As I said, the Assassins here are not at the moment needed for the original purpose I organized them, and yet they still have a role they can play. The fact that it's one of the Jobs available to us is proof enough of that."