Mieko nods in affirmation to Victoria's reciprocation of her kind demeanor, before elucidating. "I wished to get away from Valravn for the day, to experience the outside world for a bit. I found that this place surprisingly has very good reviews on the neural net.. even in spite of the.." she says as she turns her head towards the sound of a very hard punch landing on someone's face across the room -- and the sight of the Bounty Hunter from earlier still being out like a light. "..somewhat aggressive attitudes around here. I'm no stranger to defending myself. Freeport 11 prepared me for such eventualities."
She returns her gaze to Victoria. "If you wish, you can order something. Since you managed to find me here, it's my treat." she declares before having some more of her drink, the tropical banana flavor stimulating her taste buds. She puts it down, and goes to answer Victoria's last statement. "It has. Leviathan has that way with people. He's very persuasive and wise. I've known him for.. well, chronologically, years." she answers her, gently stirring the glass with her hand as she swirls it around. "Auxesia has many a rumor around it.. accusations of kidnappings for experimentation.. forced cybernetic augmentations.. such stories are nothing more than the culminating fear of the masses manifest - they think what those who know little of us want them to think - or in some cases, what those who rule them, need them to think. Something as a Lane Hacker, I'm certain you were accustomed to." Mieko elucidates.
"We in the technocracy value all life, and feel that the burdens of biological existance can be lifted through the very technologies that we as a species have endowed ourselves with. Though at its' core - Auxesia was born of misfits, rejects and the undesired. It calls recollection of a short phrase of origin from Liberty's terran predecessor - Bring me your Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
"The quote was aimed to the immigrants yearning for freedom from oppression and hate. Our home's fight against factions like the isolationist Xenos, the growingly fascist Liberty and Bretonia - it is just as much out of disgust for their ways as it is for our own security. Those who are willing to open their minds, to accept others, to embrace wisdom, will find sanctuary under the Auxesian banner." Mieko elucidates.
Just as she concludes, the appetizer she ordered arrives - a large deep-fried onion, sliced top-down into multivarious pieces, with a large cup of a tangy, spicy dip in the center. "Excuse me - miss - my friend would possibly like to order." she says, as she turns to Victoria.
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