[IC] [SELF-INDULGENT MUSEBOXING]

[senior_citizen]

because Sabra AUs are fun and games until someone loses an eye

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[senior_citizen]

I don't understand.

[scienceping]

Vulcans control their emotions in the pursuit of logic.

[senior_citizen]

So you'd be perfectly fine talking to her?

[scienceping]

Affirmative.

[senior_citizen]

[ something is missing still ]

Huh. You're a better man than me.

[scienceping]

I am a Vulcan.

[senior_citizen]

Better Vulcan then?

[scienceping]

I meant more that I am not Human.

[senior_citizen]

Better person.

[scienceping]

Affirmative.

[senior_citizen]

Well that's not hard.

[ lightly ]

[scienceping]

... While I do not recall a great majority of my time within Sabra La Tau, I do remember the ... hardships we endured.

[senior_citizen]

[ small nod ]

What survivors have to do?

[scienceping]

No matter the severity or the morality involved.

[senior_citizen]

[ he gets very, very quiet at that. ]

[scienceping]

Such was the nature of Sabra La Tau.

[senior_citizen]

You still have a choice. Even if they're all terrible.

[scienceping]

Indeed.

But that world no longer exists.

[senior_citizen]

Is that supposed to be comforting?

[scienceping]

I beg your pardon?

[senior_citizen]

Saying it's gone. Like it doesn't still influence anything.

[scienceping]

Our experiences influence our behavior. I was not implying that such experiences could be forgotten.

[senior_citizen]

You forgot.

[ now there's bitterness in his tone ]

[scienceping]

I have not. Not everything.

[senior_citizen]

What's left then?