Jim is a calm presence, offering no hard looks or standoffish aura. Oh, to be an angry teenager, again. (Though he's picked up on by now that Duo has Seen Some Shit. Child soldier? That's.. not great.)
"We were brought here to live, and to hopefully influence this world for the better," he says. At least, that's the line he was given. "It's clear to me - I think it's clear to just about everybody - that picking a side in this conflict is untenable. There's nothing about either that will be a positive influence. So what are our choices?"
That sounds like a rhetorical question.
"Doing nothing, I've always felt, isn't really a choice. Neutrality is only truly neutral in a vacuum, or if the neutral party is able to take on a mediator role. And this isn't a vacuum."
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"We were brought here to live, and to hopefully influence this world for the better," he says. At least, that's the line he was given. "It's clear to me - I think it's clear to just about everybody - that picking a side in this conflict is untenable. There's nothing about either that will be a positive influence. So what are our choices?"
That sounds like a rhetorical question.
"Doing nothing, I've always felt, isn't really a choice. Neutrality is only truly neutral in a vacuum, or if the neutral party is able to take on a mediator role. And this isn't a vacuum."