@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?

[This last bit is Loki's fault.]

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[strove]

I don't know.

[It's a hole in her inquiry.]

Given the lifetime assignment, I assume so, but they don't have contact with their family once they join up.

It's a good question to follow up on.

[Meaning: she will.]

[revlon]

It's a good incentive to join, especially if your family needs the help. With the reputation the UNA carries in this world, I could see it as softening a hard choice.

If you find out, would you let me know?

[strove]

I will.

One of the points that Kate made was that we need to remember these soldiers are human. I've fought wars, and I know it's not always as simple as that.

But knowing if they have family out there means we might need to make arrangements for them.

["We." Not because she's in Morningstar, but because, as Jack will later make clear, they might serve as the Displaced's enemy. Might. Clarke is still reluctant to assume they have to take them on just yet if they can avoid it.]

[revlon]

I never forget who's on the other end of a gun, Ms Griffin. It's the politics that complicate a war.

And yes, we ought to look into that as well.

[strove]

I'm glad to hear that. Not that I thought differently. Bu moving forward, I know I might have a hard time remembering, too.

[Even so: everyone has a reason to kill. Everyone has a reason to survive. It's hard to see what the UNA tell themselves to justify their actions, but Clarke is positive there's something.]

I'll hit up some people who answered my questions before to see what they say.