You have to understand. When I first got here, I hadn't seen a city before. The only one I'd experienced was a simulation put together. [Just in case the bartender overhears, she doesn't say "by an AI." That can be covered in another storytelling session if Quentin ever wants to know.] I wasn't too focused on supernatural or destiny. I was trying to prove that both me and my people weren't being hurt or used.
[Her response to it all now is different. She has a lot of clarity of mind, but there was a time when Clarke wanted to set out and find answers. Being turned away from that dangerous path had been difficult, and now she does the same for the others.]
I've come to learn that many of the things I wrote off as being unreal for my people are real to many of the others. I've had to accept the fact of it. But knowing there is something supernatural involved doesn't mean that we're fated in any way. That's a leap, and not one I'm eager to take myself.
[It sounds arrogant, and Clarke can't afford to feel arrogant these days. She's always rejected fate, but she'll keep doing it again and again until it's shoved in her face and proven.
As far as she's concerned, it hasn't been. Not yet.]
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[Her response to it all now is different. She has a lot of clarity of mind, but there was a time when Clarke wanted to set out and find answers. Being turned away from that dangerous path had been difficult, and now she does the same for the others.]
I've come to learn that many of the things I wrote off as being unreal for my people are real to many of the others. I've had to accept the fact of it. But knowing there is something supernatural involved doesn't mean that we're fated in any way. That's a leap, and not one I'm eager to take myself.
[It sounds arrogant, and Clarke can't afford to feel arrogant these days. She's always rejected fate, but she'll keep doing it again and again until it's shoved in her face and proven.
As far as she's concerned, it hasn't been. Not yet.]