[Noel nods at Hope's follow-up to his own statement. Neither of them can be sure, it seems... but the doubt is there. Maybe it isn't the instructors here with them that have the kind of power he's worried about... but it still seems like someone within the CDC does.
It's in this thoughtful state that Hope's question catches Noel off guard. It's a moment before he looks away from Hope, instead turning toward feathers he isn't even focusing on.]
Only after I agreed... but even then I didn't change my answer. ["Before I tell you, you have to answer me. Do you want to save the world?" those words still echo in his head from time to time. Noel had swore he would do anything.]
[ Only after he agreed? It earns Noel a frown but ultimately Hope's attention drifts again, arms crossed and thinking back to his own recruitment. It was centuries ago now although he had only been with the CDC close to a year and the entire experience was still clear as day in his mind. ]
I wasn't told anything. [ He finally says. ] The recruited asked me if my mother would be proud of the things I had done and of what I would do. I said yes and that was it, the next thing I know I'm waking up on the Neheda.
[Noel turns back to Hope at that, a frown tugging at his lips. The distant look in his eyes remains however.]
He asked me... if I wanted to save the world. [He swallows as he pauses. For all his memories had been fading when he thought of growing up, he remembered that conversation with startling clarity.] On top of the airship, staring out over everything, I told him I would do anything. [He sighs, left hand falling to his side as his right rakes back through his hair.] Next thing I remember was just about four hours before I saw you back on Selena.
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It's in this thoughtful state that Hope's question catches Noel off guard. It's a moment before he looks away from Hope, instead turning toward feathers he isn't even focusing on.]
Only after I agreed... but even then I didn't change my answer. ["Before I tell you, you have to answer me. Do you want to save the world?" those words still echo in his head from time to time. Noel had swore he would do anything.]
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I wasn't told anything. [ He finally says. ] The recruited asked me if my mother would be proud of the things I had done and of what I would do. I said yes and that was it, the next thing I know I'm waking up on the Neheda.
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He asked me... if I wanted to save the world. [He swallows as he pauses. For all his memories had been fading when he thought of growing up, he remembered that conversation with startling clarity.] On top of the airship, staring out over everything, I told him I would do anything. [He sighs, left hand falling to his side as his right rakes back through his hair.] Next thing I remember was just about four hours before I saw you back on Selena.