deadly_ned | 008

So.

As a first time Warden more or less mentoring a first time Inmate, there's this very important question that's been hovering menacingly near my head for the last few days like a demonic little helicopter and I would be remiss if I didn't at least ask it, even if I'm sure it's obvious to the more seasoned Wardens, Inmates, what have you.

...Is an Inmate's happiness more important than their graduation?

If you had to choose one, I mean.

And I think I should also ask to Inmates because I don't...like the unspoken divide and communication is usually an effective bridge over most divides..

What do you need from your warden to be happier?

[Private to Claire Bennet, Jesse Pinkman, the Marquis de Sade, and Megamind as a group]

Someone happened to tell me you're a dog person.

I'm trying to..rehome my dog, Digby. My Inmate is scared of them and it's probably best if Digby and I separated until my Inmate graduates. And I'd like to find someone to...borrow him, or take him, but if I don't find someone he'll have to go home and we've never been separated and I'm feeling a little...clingy.

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[Interesting. Borderline philsophical in a sense, except Aya is focused more in offering the answer that would most potentially benefit herself. Even if this individual was, clearly, not her own Warden.]

Happiness is Irrelevant.

It is a Warden's Duty to see to the release of his or her Inmate from this Inconvenience passing as a Prison Ship.

deadly_ned

I know. I know that's my duty, I know I'm going to...try and do it as best I can.

But shouldn't.

Shouldn't happiness factor into it? Somewhere?

Why make that baseless assumption?

Because I think...that's what people want in life. To be happy. Ultimately it boils down to finding happiness, whether through..work, or relationships, or yourself, or something that makes life worth living.

The Barge gives people their second life. It gives them a chance to be alive again, and when my inmate graduates - and he will graduate - I want him to go back to being alive again to a life he's going to want.

[Individual experiences may vary, yes, but Aya could not find any particular relation to her own situation. She was not alive, and her emotional inhibitor prevented her from experiencing this happiness.]

Some of us did not request this "second life" the Admiral has taken upon himself to force upon us.

I know. I know we don't always ask for what's given to us and we can't always help the hand we're dealt.

But we can learn to be...better players, in the scheme of things?

For what purpose?

For the purpose of personal fulfillment..?

More assumptions.

Being here does nothing but keep me from my intended mission. How can you not be certain the same hindrance has befallen others as well?

I was under the assumption that time for us outside the Barge had stopped. This isn't a deterrent. It's a detour.

It is a waste of our time.

The sooner you come to realize and accept this fact, the more productive you may potentially be.

It isn't a waste. Not if I can make my inmate happy here.

You truly think this is possible?

I do.

You can call me a...a fool, or a moron. You might be right.

But I think...ultimately....I'm here to make him happier and graduate.

[Does nobody on this ship understand logic?]

[Aya falls silent for a moment. Inadvertently, she may have given him the answer he sought, even if it was not the direct answer she had provided. How ironic.]

Then I await to see the outcome of your claim.

If you think you are capable of such a feat, prove it.

I'll try.

Do not try.

Either you succeed, or you do not. Anything else is irrelevant.

Yes, Yoda.

[Guess who completely misses the Star Wars reference due to having never even heard of the movies. On account of, you know, being from a different part of the universe and all.]

I am not this Yoda individual you speak of.

I am Aya.

I know. I know you're not actually Yoda.

You only said a line very similar to what Yoda would say.

....I really loved Star Wars.

I am not familiar with that battle.

In fact, there is no record of any such war being granted that moniker within my entire database.

It's a fictional war. Star Wars is a movie.

[...movies, she knows.]

Your kind watches battle for entertainment?

My kind? Humankind? Humankind is very diverse. Personally I don't.

But Star Wars is sort of an inaccurate title. It's much more a story about people than about the battles themselves.

[The survivors or war. Or victims. Those kinds of stories, she knew all too well.]

Which people?

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