[ Her brows raise at the assessment, not bothering to hide her surprise. ]
Yes, [ she begins slowly, brows knit. More than one world has a future like this? Bloody hell. ] The UNA β United Nations Army β is ruthlessly efficient, entirely anonymous. Deployed when local law enforcement can't handle a job, or so they say. They raided the city last month searching for Morningstar operatives, arresting who they caught, executing their partners, and orphaning the children left behind. There's been no news on it and the government is pretending it didn't happen.
[ A beat. It was a hard 24 hours, even for someone with her experience. War is never easy and that had been an act of it, even for those of them who hadn't joined up with Morningstar's cause. ]
We rescued who we could and evacuated the survivors and their families out of the city. [ Peggy studies the other man for a moment, wondering how much she should share right off the bat. But they come here with too many questions as it is, so may as well answer a few before they get started. ] The UNA has been at odds with Morningstar since the beginning because they've been trying to take down the government they're sworn to uphold and protect. And it's been that way long before any of us got here. Decades, really. But some of us have volunteered to help Morningstar fight back. They helped us, so we help them, that sort of thing.
[ Firmly, ]
But it isn't a requirement. What you do with your life here is your choice.
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Yes, [ she begins slowly, brows knit. More than one world has a future like this? Bloody hell. ] The UNA β United Nations Army β is ruthlessly efficient, entirely anonymous. Deployed when local law enforcement can't handle a job, or so they say. They raided the city last month searching for Morningstar operatives, arresting who they caught, executing their partners, and orphaning the children left behind. There's been no news on it and the government is pretending it didn't happen.
[ A beat. It was a hard 24 hours, even for someone with her experience. War is never easy and that had been an act of it, even for those of them who hadn't joined up with Morningstar's cause. ]
We rescued who we could and evacuated the survivors and their families out of the city. [ Peggy studies the other man for a moment, wondering how much she should share right off the bat. But they come here with too many questions as it is, so may as well answer a few before they get started. ] The UNA has been at odds with Morningstar since the beginning because they've been trying to take down the government they're sworn to uphold and protect. And it's been that way long before any of us got here. Decades, really. But some of us have volunteered to help Morningstar fight back. They helped us, so we help them, that sort of thing.
[ Firmly, ]
But it isn't a requirement. What you do with your life here is your choice.