Anthony J Crowley: Vaguely Sauntering Downward (_crowley_) wrote in snapthread,
Dissent did tend to be dangerous. Asking questions or disagreeing could be an offense that had lasting repercussions -- Crowley knew that very well, in fact. He'd been cast out for something that never should have been a problem in the first place. But maybe that was why he had strong opinions now, why he was somehow better with the concept of wrong or right than most others seemed to be. Because he could look at things objectively, and had long been disinterested in taking sides.
"The people decide," he said, not unkindly. "If you have a place where there are one hundred people and one of them decides the other ninety nine should die, do you think those other ninety nine shouldn't get a choice?" Perhaps that was putting it simply, but sometimes a simple explanation was the best thing for the job.
He brushed his thumb across the arm was was holding out in example, his lips a thin line of displeasure. This Thanos person deserved what would be coming to him if he ever ended up here. "That won't happen again," he told her very seriously. "I won't let it."