Issue 28, Page 27
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1: Jackson, determined.
Jackson: Okpara,
I swear, we will do everything in our power to fix this, for both of us.
If we share a common interest, then our people don’t need to be enemies.
2: Njeri, impassioned.
Njeri: We can help you, all of you, if you let us.
But for now, there are things we need to know.
We need to know who we can trust in this facility.
And anything you can tell us about how to contain the lunar situation, about the energy lattice, about the origin of us as a species…
3: A shot of all three of them. The two boys lean back. Okpara looks away.
Okpara: You don’t want that…
You don’t want every answer that we have.
4: Her sad, averted eyes.
Okpara: The truth would break your heart, Njeri.
Oh… that… oh, Okpara…
By “that”, do you mean the fact that all (anthro) Earthlings originated from the Black Mass, which I’m pretty sure they (i.e., Jackson, Njeri, Julia, Mellissa, Rhoda, etc., but excluding the general public) already know, or something else?
I’d rather have the truth than a lie.
I wonder.
“If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be.”
It’s a nice phrase. Very punchy. Very meaningful-feeling.
But it’s also, often, staggeringly naive.
Njeri’s heart’s already been broken, why not just rip the band-aid off…
then give him just one answer
Issue 27, Page 23: Tazim Talash said the same thing.
I’m thinking this truth will be found out eventually, one way or another. Might as well not delay the (probably) inevitable.