Still, the playfulness is short-lived. When it comes down to it, Lancelot is a weapon. One capable of absurd amounts of destruction. No matter how much he enjoys piloting, or how he feels more at home in the cockpit than he does anywhere else — his own skin included, most of the time — doesn't change those simple facts. He's not unaware of the dissonance, enjoying something that simply shouldn't need to exist. Wouldn't have to in a better world. Then again, isn't the same true for him?
His smile fades, traded out for solemnity as he puts the phone away. ]
Where I'm from, they've nearly replaced tanks and other tools of warfare. It was a big change. Revolutionary, I guess.
[ Like a nuclear bomb. Or a F.L.E.I.J.A. Simultaneously, a feat for science and a crime against humanity. ]
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Date: 2022-10-11 08:30 pm (UTC)[ Turnabout is fair play, right?
Still, the playfulness is short-lived. When it comes down to it, Lancelot is a weapon. One capable of absurd amounts of destruction. No matter how much he enjoys piloting, or how he feels more at home in the cockpit than he does anywhere else — his own skin included, most of the time — doesn't change those simple facts. He's not unaware of the dissonance, enjoying something that simply shouldn't need to exist. Wouldn't have to in a better world. Then again, isn't the same true for him?
His smile fades, traded out for solemnity as he puts the phone away. ]
Where I'm from, they've nearly replaced tanks and other tools of warfare. It was a big change. Revolutionary, I guess.
[ Like a nuclear bomb. Or a F.L.E.I.J.A. Simultaneously, a feat for science and a crime against humanity. ]