Expected Guest

[Kauket]

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Momentarily sipping once more from the scorching metal flask, listening to her. The small confectionary good was sweet in nature, lightly coated with a layer of cream cheese, seemingly to have a earthy yet fruity mix in taste, with what felt like jam in the center of it.

"While my confidence is high that you are not compromised by an incubus, this is no case of a retinal burn, dear. You had chased Sentinels prior, and possibly marked yourself. If you truly feel that uncomfortable, I can offer you a medical check up too. And even if you were to be compromised by their parasites, it is not the end of the line for you, so worry not - I will not kill you."

There was a sense of warmth to her words, curiosity, intrigue, yet the drive to ensure White's own will remaining intact, a belief that she has a right to retain her intellectual freedom. A small chuckle emerged at her insecurity, downplaying herself.

"Importance... All subjective. Ultimately, we are all born, and we all destined to die. At the start, we are all unremarkable yet unique in our own ways. No one is born important, White. It is what you do with your potential and opportunities. You take what you have, and do what you can to improve.

I was a nobody once too, but I am. The once-Guildmaster of the Core, turned renegade to spearhead a revolution of science to bring knowledge, peace, evolution. It is dedication that will pave your way. We're all unique in our own ways. Perhaps you accidentally reached out to something that shared similar thoughts, feelings, notions, with you. "

She fixed the cap on the flask again, just incase a lapse of clumsiness took control before continuing intently with the mask revealing her mouth. She puckered a smirk,

"If we wanted to remain comfortable within the confinements of our ignorance, to never challenge the unknown to discover the truth, we would be back on Earth in Sol, praying for better days within caves. It is curiosity, ambition, the drive to build, that made us reach out... Ignoring the reality around you would be a fatal mistake. It is for the best to know the truth so that you may progress.

Do not do the same mistake as the Order does. Discarding it all, destroying it all to hide it, to live in that box of ignorance. To believe in Human supremacy. That is the path of death. It is not bliss.

Sirius is not our home as we believe it to be, we are within the domain of an Alien's sandbox, and it is our challenge as a species to test ourselves. How are we going to fare with what is to come in the future? How can we advance as a species if we cannot overcome the instinct to destroy? How faithful are we to ourselves as a people? Sirius sorely lacks unity. "

She reached over to grab one of the cupcakes, ripping a small bit off to nibble on.