school: catra

[shaft]

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[supercatty]

i think i overheard Viola talking about that with someone else from winter last night. kon?

do you think someone bought your injuries away?

[shaft]

Seems like it. It's probably Byleth, she's always looking out for her students.

In any case, I hope you're taking it easy. Murders and waking up in a strange place aside.

[supercatty]

[. . . ???]

her students?

[BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S LESS IMPORTANT]

i climbed onto the roof of winter dorm to brood for a while. does that count?

[NO CATRA??? but she had to use a ladder, at least]

[shaft]

Not... quite.

With one arm?

[supercatty]

and one leg

[it was]

[a trial]

[it probably took her forever and also she needed help to get up there]

[shaft]

All right, remind me never to underestimate you ever.

[supercatty]

you mean you didn't already figure that out from our great airship adventure?

[shaft]

True, you did carry us. I don't think any of us could've flown that ship.

[supercatty]

yeah, well. . .

do you guys not have airships where you're from?

[shaft]

No, nothing like that. But I've realised that we're far behind in technology.

I've never even seen a gun before.

[supercatty]

haha. you must be living in the stone age.

[like Catra also hasn't gone ??? at certain bits of technology]

the thing i was shot with was a little different than what i've seen at home.

usually it's lasers.

[shaft]

What... is a laser??

[supercatty]

a beam of light and heat.

hurts like CRAZY to get hit with it

[shaft]

Weaponize light...?

All these advances in technology, just to create more and more dangerous weapons.

[supercatty]

[. . . hahaha. . .]

war is like that. and where i come from, all we know is war.

[shaft]

[ ... ]

You're not wrong about that. Is there an end in sight?

[supercatty]

not really.

[oh no this conversation took a turn for the SERIOUS]

but i was in space right before i got here, so i'm not exactly sure what the situation looks like back in etheria.

beyond "not good," i mean.

[shaft]

Space. And Etheria is your home I suppose?

So if you were given the power to have a wish granted...

[supercatty]

it is. the planet on which i grew up.

. . . and i don't really know what, exactly, i'd wish for. and i can't say i'd want to rely on some nebulous wish to solve all of my problems, anyway.

[shaft]

You're smart.

But sometimes I like to imagine what kind of world I'd make with a world-changing wish. It helps me focus what to work toward.

[supercatty]

[. . . ?]

[that seems pretty deep, and. . . well. she can't help but pry]

what kind of world would you make?

[shaft]

The world I live in is deeply divided by borders. There's been war and hatred for as long as I can remember.

I just want to change that. Where the place of your birth doesn't determine who you hate, or who you love, or who you can be. It just seems so foolish to limit ourselves by lines drawn across a map.

[supercatty]

oh.

[what does she say to that? it sounds nice, but. . . even if she's trying to be a better person, she's still a cynic]

that sounds like something only a wish could grant in the first place.

[shaft]

You think?

If I can achieve even a little bit of that before I die, I think I'd be satisfied. But I like to set big goals so I never run out of work, y'know?

[supercatty]

[hah. somehow, that makes her snort in amusement]

[. . . she doesn't think his wishes are bad, even if she has no idea what his world is like in person. it reminds her a little. . . of the people she has slowly come to admire. Adora, and the others]

you're kind of a weird guy. but far be it from me to judge someone who likes running himself ragged.