Children of the Hessians

[Wesker]

D-R-09 Vogtland Station, Dresden
3/16/825 AS, 18:05

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I knew salvaging peace was a wasted effort at this point, but maybe it was better to tell him what he wanted to hear for now. It was infuriating to answer this question, "how can we consider you trustworthy". It was never that simple, houses, large bodies with strong connection could never in a life time understand the struggles of smaller bodies fighting for freedom. They could never understand our struggle, trying to establish ourselves while being forced to choose between those we stand against ideologically, but alongside to establish ourselves as something more then what the masses claim we are - and choosing between life long allies. We never had the luxury of deciding when, where, and how we wanted to go about something; or care about something - it just wasn't possible for us. With our past reputation, it was far easier for people to take advantage of us in situations like these, and denounce us.

Why did we do it? We have an obligation to our allies, do you think I wanted to burn down something I worked to build up on a moments notice? We are not as large as our enemies and neighbors, what connections we have - we rely on. We don't have the luxury of deciding when we want to care about something, or how we want to do it. Suddenly our way of life has become real to you, I'd much like to see Edmund sit in our shoes for a week.

This wouldn't work. I turned towards the window and started speaking up again.

He shouldn't trust me. At least not now. You know there was a group of people we considered allies at a time. We gave them many chances to stick with us, betrayal after betrayal. Eventually we came to a breaking point, I don't think the Bretonians ever considered us allies at all. So I'm not sure if sitting down with your brother would even be worth it. Maybe at some point. But not now I don't think.

It's times like this that I wish I could go back to being a monster. Its much easier. Freedom, for all, fighting our past actions. Fighting media reviews and re-configuring our image, there are times where I don't believe its worth it.

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