Karkat We Are Both Experienced To A Degree That Knowing You Should Under No Circumstances Expect That Should Be A Given But Might I Once Again Underline That This Is Almost Half Of The Country Ive Already Started The Portal But We May Be Cutting It Close On This
This was supposed to be a paradise planet. For us. [ Strained. A moment of hesitation. ] Do you think it's my fault-- the cancer's fault, that it isn't?
I'LL DO MY BEST, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO CAUSE A RUCKUS WHEN THEY'RE DOPING ME UP SO MUCH IT'S A STRUGGLE NOT TO FALL ASLEEP EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES. NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING. THIS STUFF IS GREAT. I CAN'T FEEL A THING. YOU COULD PROBABLY STAB ME RIGHT NOW AND I WOULDN'T CARE.
Lets Not Have Anyone Stabbing You What Is The Surgery Even For Do They Even Know What Theyre Doing With You If I Could Get The Doctors Number I Could Do Something
THEY NEED TO REALIGN THE BONES IN MY FEMUR AND SUPPOSEDLY THE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR HUMANS IS TO STICK A BIG METAL ROD IN THERE WHICH I FIND MORE THAN A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE I TOLD THEM MY SKELETON WASN'T CALCIUM BASED AND THEY SHOULD THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO TO IT WHICH IS WHY THEY'VE TAKEN TEMPORARY MEASURES UP TO NOW BUT THEY'VE DELAYED AS LONG AS THEY'RE WILLING. REALLY THE WHOLE THING IS RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE CAPABLE OF INSTANTANEOUS HEALING DRIFTING AROUND THE IMPORT COMMUNITY.
I don't know. [ she turns her attention back to her thread, picking out the obvious mismatches. it is personal to her, because it affects her personally, even if the laws don't think of her. ] Respect. The same employment options someone else might be given. Not being second guessed when I try to make a decision about my life.
[ She smiles, though it's mainly sympathetic to Kanaya's troubles with what she perceives as not understanding Earth's laws. ]
I can't promise you equal employment options or that the law will change regarding that. Laws are hard to budge once they're implemented.
But I can promise respect and hopefully not second guessing you. You haven't given me a reason to so far, if that's any comfort. [ She rises out of her seat, walking over to Kanaya's side and patting her shoulders reassuringly. ] I like you, Kanaya. I really do.
I Dont Know Any Off The Top Of My Head But Id Certainly Trust An Import Doctor Over Some Ignoramus Hazarding Their Way About Did You Lose Any Blood Have They Tried To Put Any More In
I LOST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BLOOD. AND GOING BY THE FACT THAT I'M STILL ALIVE, NO, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN STUPID ENOUGH TO ASSUME HUMAN BLOOD WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH MY SYSTEM. THANK UNMERCIFUL DEAD TROLL GOD.
[ kanaya leans down, resting her forehead on the top of rose's head with a smile. ]
Well, if I weren't good for that, what good would I be? [ just the kind of statement you always worry about hearing out of her, even in that light tone. ]
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[ kanaya lets out a sigh, her shoulders slumping as the tension drains from them. ]
And I appreciate that, Karen. [ turning, she faces her more directly. ] I appreciate that you are someone with whom that problem has never arisen. But I don't want you to get the wrong idea, I didn't mean any of this to be directed toward you.
It's just...everyone else we'll need to get a similar promise from.
[ That's actually a major relief to hear. She's dealt with far worse, but it doesn't mean she enjoys butting heads with people she genuinely likes. In this case, someone she feels a little closer to already than most due to similar experiences. ]
Maybe you've got to distance yourself from them for a while. I'm not talking flat out ignoring, just not engaging unless you have to for a weekend or something. Go and do something fun.
[ kanaya frowns, glancing at her hand, the glossy black nails on her fingers. it's been a while since she had them done professionally, certainly not since the city. she hasn't really been able to justify the time or expense.
but maybe karen's right. she hasn't really given herself any kind of a break in longer than she can remember. blowing renee off for a while would probably be better for her, at least. it would send a message, make it explicitly clear how important her authority is to kanaya, that she can't have both.
even so, kanaya's never been very good at making decisions that are healthy for her. ]
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