Sydney Bristow (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nomanswoman) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} wariscomingcom,@ 2013-09-10 09:21:00 |
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I have a confession to make.
My name isn't Kate Jones.
My name is Sydney Bristow. And I'm not an English teacher, though I have a degree that says I'm qualified to be one.
For several years in my world, I was working for what I believed to be a covert branch of the CIA. I didn't realize until later that it was really a terrorist organization. When I found out the truth, I immediately went to the real CIA and became a double agent.
As a CIA agent, I've taken more lives than I care to think about. I've been both directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of people who were not bad people, but were casualties of a war between right and wrong.
To those who are considering offering to switch places with Death, I urge you to ask yourself if you can live with the deaths of innocent people on your conscience. To think about whether you can handle it if you're required to take the life of someone you know or love, and to not let that destroy you when the day is over. Because it's not an easy thing to live with.
I understand wanting to help, but please weigh the consequences closely before you make any kind of decision like this. It isn't something that you can ever be free from once it's done.