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[burnmythoughts]

[Private to the Admiral]

[Jean's gaze is carefully even, her voice steady and strong. She's clearly been practising.]

Admiral? I'd like to ask a few questions.

First, I'd like to know more about the system here. Are you accountable to anyone else? Is there any process in place to prevent or correct possible errors?

Second, is there any way for inmates to appeal their term here?

Third - I realise I'm not Daro'Xen's Warden, but she has no one else to speak for her. I'd like to know why she's been taken as an Inmate.

[Warden Filter]

I'd like to know everyone's position on Inmates having their abilities suppressed.

[Public]

[A bit later on, here is a distinctly irritated Jean, holding a gingerbread Barge.]

I bet the Admiral thinks he's cute, doesn't he.

Comments

Re: Filter

[rass_bestie]

I'm not saying humans are incapable of comprehending anything. Don't put words in my mouth.

When you arrive as an inmate, you know nothing. Admiral Xen is still contemplating the reality of this place, as Dr Crane and others did before her. It's confusing arriving here.

There are issues and simply because you have had previous experience with aliens and technology and you came here willingly does not mean that your experience is shared by everyone.

And it's not about small-mindedness and weakness so much as they are being outmatched and anyone who isn't wary of people who can outmatch them is a fool.

I'm not talking about people so paralysed with fear they can't cope but people who find it difficult to do so because they are not capable of super-human feats and have no experience of anything that does.

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[wedonot]

It seems you're the one putting words in her mouth, I'm afraid. You made a generalization about humans, not inmates, and I'm truly sorry for anyone who's made uncomfortable by what we can do, but it's a reality of living here they have to accept at some point, just as much as floods and ports are.

I understand we have ultimately no say in how the Admiral makes his decisions, but stripping every inmate of what's rightfully theirs just because it might make some people uncomfortable is absurd. People who have had no previous experience with superhuman abilities have to learn to adapt, they can't expect the Barge to cater to their insecurities. I'm not saying that every inmate should arrive on board with their full abilities, but there are people who are here not because of what they can do and what they've done with it.

Re: Filter

[rass_bestie]

She's very much making assumptions about what I've been saying. And it's not simply inmates, it's also humans who haven't had access before now to this. Being a warden, having to deal with inmates who can and will kill them is also overwhelming.

You think it's absurd because you're coming from a viewpoint where you have powers and you can't imagine using it against others. You're also able to tell people's intentions. How is someone without your gifts supposed to do that? Blind faith?

You know what, don't answer. I don't care what you think. Because you're right. It's not up to us and this discussion is pointless.

Filter

[wedonot]

[You're getting Charles' terribly polite bitch plz face, Omega, because that's another (incorrect) assumption.]

I think it's absurd because it's a policy that harms enough people that it should be reconsidered. You'll have to forgive me for wanting to help those who were brought here against their will. I thought it was part of the job.