Yes, the train has many wonderful people. But they are people, singular. Exceptional, every last one of them.
That was the problem, too. They weren't the people out there. The ordinary people who could do wonderful things, but so many times, when frightened or foolish or made to be other than they should be...
She just nodded. In moments like this, it was best to let the heroes out there believe it was all going to work out.
"Yes," she lied, "I'm sure you're right."
Let him believe the wider universe was better than it was. Droids, even extraordinary ones, knew better.
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Yes, the train has many wonderful people. But they are people, singular. Exceptional, every last one of them.
That was the problem, too. They weren't the people out there. The ordinary people who could do wonderful things, but so many times, when frightened or foolish or made to be other than they should be...
She just nodded. In moments like this, it was best to let the heroes out there believe it was all going to work out.
"Yes," she lied, "I'm sure you're right."
Let him believe the wider universe was better than it was. Droids, even extraordinary ones, knew better.