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That is a terrifying amount of power to have forced upon you. And never plugging back in is as valid a path as any other. I'm sure you've met some freeborn already.

[There are other things he could say, other options, and how living in fear could lead to it consuming you. But it's taken a lot for her to tell him this, so right now, he doesn't think she needs to hear them.]

Some. There are some unplugged living in Zion too who aren't with the ZDG.

A city populated entirely by military wouldn't be much of a city at all. Though even in the ZDG, there are roles for those who cannot or prefer not to plug in, if your interest ever turned that way.

Pretty sure that'd require trusting the Council further than I can throw them.

Not necessarily.

How do you figure?

It requires trusting your crew. Anything beyond that, well.

[Just leaving it hanging like that because he's not going to spell it out over a feed.]

Tell that to the Erebus crew.

I didn't know any of them well enough to know how well they trusted one another. Have you considered internal conflict in your theories?

It wasn't internal conflict that shipped them out there to die.

If they circumstances of their mission was unusual, do you really believe none of them had any knowledge of it?

Maybe one of them did. I plan to find out.

I'll wish you luck, and that you should perhaps find someone you trust to watch your back. Doing this alone could be more than foolhardy.

We'll see. If you're right, trusting the wrong person might have gotten the Erebus crew killed. Not a glowing review for teamwork.

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