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Pagan told me Franky was the one who found you three. And that she didn't try to stabilize him even after he showed her he was injured. What did you see happening?

She showed up shouting and waving her gun at us. Edward showed up after and he gave Pagan some sort of med. She was just yelling. I... shut down, pretty much. Didn't help him.

[Which he regrets, now that his mind is clearer.]

[As far as breaking up a deadly fight goes, he can't blame Franky for being aggressive. But he does blame her for continuing to shout when one man was bleeding heavily and the other was, as Rawne said, shut down.

Though he's a bit single-minded about putting together what happened while the trail is fresh, he can't help but pause here, can't help but lose the brisk interrogatory tone and become concerned.]

What about the situation shut you down?

I... intended to be more involved. I felt I had failed that I wasn't.

I can understand that. [He couldn't count the number of times he felt that way as an inmate, and some of those times knocked him flat, too.]

How do you feel now that it's all over? How do you feel about how Quill is being handled?

[He sidesteps talking about his own emotions.]

Quil's a danger. She's killed several people, she needs to be stopped. From doing that.

Yes she does. And I know that most wardens aren't going to do anything about it.

I think there's a certain value in revenge. [Which is why he didn't try to investigate if Pagan was planning something.] But around here I don't know how much good it does. How much change it can create.

Ours didn't do much, certainly. And I didn't get to do what I wanted.

You feel the score isn't even now? [Again, no judgment. The answer to this question is important.]

It's as even as it'll ever be. I've got no intention of pursuing her further.

[He nods. He could leave it at that; no further vengeance, no further mess.

But he frowns. Goddammit.]

I know that 'justice' doesn't always leave people feeling satisfied [Not that any justice has been served anyway] and God knows revenge doesn't always either, but this is bullshit. I'm sorry the system here can't do anything but this same cycle, over and over.

[That makes him feel better. Lark, apparently, feels like he does. Like it's futile and nothing's going to change for the better.]

It is bullshit. There's no... satisfaction. Nothing to be gained that can't be dragged down.

How would it have been handled where you're from?

If someone murdered someone? The arbites would get involved. Figure it out. The murderer, if found, would be punished.

What about a situation like with Quill? Would Norton have been involved with the judgment?

What, if the person didn't die? He'd be the... what do you call it, opposite of defendant.

Plaintiff. But what about at sentencing? Would he have a say in her punishment?

No, there's official sentences.

That's how it is where I'm from, too. People may not always like the sentences but they do accept them. [Because they have to. So their lives go on, at least most of the time.]

I think for Pagan the revenge was because he knew nothing official would have been done. It's why I'm not surprised or...frankly even angry at what you two did.

What sentence would you have wanted for Quill, if the wardens had been involved?

[He has to think that over. The Imperium has stricter sentences than most places. He wouldn't want her turned into an Acho-Flagellant, for one. No one deserved becoming some kind of drugged-up combat maniac.]

For her to be confined until it was sure she wouldn't do it again, at least.

It's what would have happened where I'm from.

But after speaking to her I'm convinced she will kill again. But the only sure way to get her off the ship is to get her graduated. We could keep her in Zero or confine her to her quarters, but come a breach or a flood it's likely she'd get out. Worse than before.

I saw her network post. Apparently she has to draw blood every month or something... bad happens. I honestly wonder why the Admiral let her come here.

Yeah, I'm not sure I believe that. An adrenalin rush isn't a need. We can throw her in the Enclosure and let her draw blood there if it's real.

I hope that works. The last thing we need is monthly killing sprees.

Have you heard of anyone taking her up on monthly blood letting?

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