Kaefaux
"I hope you remember," she said firmly, "and that when you do, you hold onto it as hard as you can. There's too many people who are supposed to be fighting for this planet who don't even think of it as home anymore - lost to something that doesn't exist. And given that we're all conscripts on top of it, it isn't all that surprising why the team that's defending what they think of as home seems to be winning all the time. Easy for me to say, I guess," she said, grim and wry, with a vague gesture at the Earth symbol on her shoulder. She paused.
"But also," she said, "I think it's just - worth it, you know? In itself, to know who you are, and to be so sure about that. Even without all that other bullshit hanging onto it. I confess it's a relief to hear someone talk about their past self as another person. Maybe my advice is bad, I don't know. Maybe it's easier if you think of it all as one continuous existence and I'm basically wishing misery on you. But for me, selfishly, I'm glad to know that you don't. I am glad that you're Morgan, and she's Mara. And I hope that whoever you are when you're not Morgan - I hope that's you. Is that awful?" she said, with a sudden laugh. "I get bad reactions when I say things like that."
