"Yeah? I went to school in D.C.," Molly says, smiling at the familiarity, a small reminder of home and a welcome one at that. She tries not to let herself miss what she had before too much, in part because she'll never get back there and in part because she's got a pretty good thing going for herself here, but with as varied as the population of Darrow is, someone coming from the same coast or even the same country tends to seem significant. Someone who's lived where she's lived, that's even more so. "And it is, it's... exactly like that. Except no one here had any say in showing up here, so I don't really know what anyone expects us to do about it."
She says the last with a short laugh, warm but a little helpless. As much as it seems to be a predictable part of human nature for some people, unfortunate as that might be, there aren't exactly alternatives in this case, either. No one can argue in favor of closing borders or sending people back where they came from — all of which, in her opinion, is bullshit anyway, but at least would have been physically possible back home. Here, it's just railing at nothing, save for whatever force brought her here, and though she's an exception, she knows plenty of others who would happily leave if a way were made available.
Then again, there were any number of political stances she couldn't see the logic behind before she got here, too. She worked on the campaign she did for a reason, and likewise wouldn't be working for the mayor if she didn't think he had the right idea.
"But that's all the more reason it's important to make sure we have a voice."
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Date: 2016-09-29 05:23 am (UTC)She says the last with a short laugh, warm but a little helpless. As much as it seems to be a predictable part of human nature for some people, unfortunate as that might be, there aren't exactly alternatives in this case, either. No one can argue in favor of closing borders or sending people back where they came from — all of which, in her opinion, is bullshit anyway, but at least would have been physically possible back home. Here, it's just railing at nothing, save for whatever force brought her here, and though she's an exception, she knows plenty of others who would happily leave if a way were made available.
Then again, there were any number of political stances she couldn't see the logic behind before she got here, too. She worked on the campaign she did for a reason, and likewise wouldn't be working for the mayor if she didn't think he had the right idea.
"But that's all the more reason it's important to make sure we have a voice."