We're capable of a lot in general. Good and bad in equal measure. But if there's something I've learned myself it's that it's never that black and white.
Take this situation we're up against, for instance. The easiest way to see that the least amount of people are hurt is to take it down as fast as possible. But the dragon is technically an innocent in this as well, for all the damage it will be causing. That's why I had to make the post that I did, to try and help people understand. I'm not saying that it's wrong to want to save it. I'm just saying that it's not realistic. We don't have the time or the resources to find the answers, the cure, the ritual, or however else we might be able to stop it.
Believe me, I've looked.
[And boy is he tired. There's only so much individuals can do before running themselves into the ground here though, Jim. They're basically a guerrilla force here, up against what seems more and more like impossible odds.]
Are you working with the people who were posting about fighting it? [ Because that seems sensible. ] My impression is there's a real effort to hustle, down there, between talking to the city leaders, working on battle stagings, and sending people into Khalo again to see if there's anything we've been missing. But if no one's doing anything, that needs to change immediately.
i'm sorry for my speed this week was Something. and for ianto being such a downer...
I was researching to see if there was a way to stop it without fighting.
[Because that seemed more sensible, to him, than blindly facing it head-on.]
In Khalo and Wyver both, yeah. I wanted to understand what we were dealing with. What they were doing to it, if there might be a way to... I don't know, negate what they've done.
[Does he sound frustrated? He definitely is. He's spent a lot of time coming up with dead ends.]
There's just not that much written, and what there is... It just doesn't sound good. I'm not really sure where to go from here, Jim. I keep hoping for, I don't know. A breakthrough to happen or something. I think the best we can hope for is that someone figures out how to put it down, at this point.
Then you have to work towards what you think is the best solution, or support people who're doing just that. You can't hope for a breakthrough. You have to make one happen.
[ That's a general 'you', but it's fine if Ianto takes it as a personal 'you' as well. Still counts. They all have an individual responsibility to attack this problem head-on. Jim's where he's the most effective, so is everyone else, looks like. ]
Hey, I gotta go - I need to get a better look at this diagnostic.
( ooc; it's ok! i think this should get wrapped anyway since at this stage they're talking about something we've known the outcome of for a good while tho lol )
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Take this situation we're up against, for instance. The easiest way to see that the least amount of people are hurt is to take it down as fast as possible. But the dragon is technically an innocent in this as well, for all the damage it will be causing. That's why I had to make the post that I did, to try and help people understand. I'm not saying that it's wrong to want to save it. I'm just saying that it's not realistic. We don't have the time or the resources to find the answers, the cure, the ritual, or however else we might be able to stop it.
Believe me, I've looked.
[And boy is he tired. There's only so much individuals can do before running themselves into the ground here though, Jim. They're basically a guerrilla force here, up against what seems more and more like impossible odds.]
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i'm sorry for my speed this week was Something. and for ianto being such a downer...
[Because that seemed more sensible, to him, than blindly facing it head-on.]
In Khalo and Wyver both, yeah. I wanted to understand what we were dealing with. What they were doing to it, if there might be a way to... I don't know, negate what they've done.
[Does he sound frustrated? He definitely is. He's spent a lot of time coming up with dead ends.]
There's just not that much written, and what there is... It just doesn't sound good. I'm not really sure where to go from here, Jim. I keep hoping for, I don't know. A breakthrough to happen or something. I think the best we can hope for is that someone figures out how to put it down, at this point.
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[ That's a general 'you', but it's fine if Ianto takes it as a personal 'you' as well. Still counts. They all have an individual responsibility to attack this problem head-on. Jim's where he's the most effective, so is everyone else, looks like. ]
Hey, I gotta go - I need to get a better look at this diagnostic.
( ooc; it's ok! i think this should get wrapped anyway since at this stage they're talking about something we've known the outcome of for a good while tho lol )