Nick's information doesn't give him anything he didn't already expect - that Marie and Mello have been through this before, that they know how to fight an oppressive regine. In fact-
"Sounds like they've been doing this for so long they have no idea how to do anything else. Or how to do it any other way."
And that's a problem.
"It gives them both the perfect experience, but they can't disconnect from it for long enough to listen to anybody else. Or see how this regime is different from the ones they've been in."
Connor wonders if this is how he'll end up someday as well if he can't get out of this - if he can't get out of the cycle of one totalitarian state after another.
"A living space ship," he echoes, shaking his head. "I want to be fascinated by all of the different dimensions and people I hear about, but it's a little difficult when so many of them have nothing but stories of dictatorships and slavery."
He thinks if he got the chance, he'd be excited to learn something about living space ships.
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"Sounds like they've been doing this for so long they have no idea how to do anything else. Or how to do it any other way."
And that's a problem.
"It gives them both the perfect experience, but they can't disconnect from it for long enough to listen to anybody else. Or see how this regime is different from the ones they've been in."
Connor wonders if this is how he'll end up someday as well if he can't get out of this - if he can't get out of the cycle of one totalitarian state after another.
"A living space ship," he echoes, shaking his head. "I want to be fascinated by all of the different dimensions and people I hear about, but it's a little difficult when so many of them have nothing but stories of dictatorships and slavery."
He thinks if he got the chance, he'd be excited to learn something about living space ships.