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[avengeus]

"This is the Second Sister. State your business or leave me be."

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[agoodsoldier]

Yes ma'am. Don't worry. I just want to help you graduate. We'll work together.

[avengeus]

I don't work with your kind. Clones work for me.

[agoodsoldier]

It's strange for me too. But, I'm your warden. [His tone is firm]

[avengeus]

So you say. And what if I won't recognise your authority?

[agoodsoldier]

I'm not asking you to, not really. We're working together. What are your goals to graduate? I'm meant to help you reach them. We're not in conflict.

[avengeus]

If I reject the assumption that my "graduation" is necessary, then we are.

[agoodsoldier]

Necessary for what? It's how you move forward from where you're at. Isn't there a goal you want that graduating would get you?

[avengeus]

There's nothing to move forward to.

[agoodsoldier]

That's not true. I spoke to the admiral. You could be released to go back, you could become a warden instead of an inmate. There is a place to go. I'll help you.

[avengeus]

[She laughs, bitter and angry.]

I'll never be a warden. There's nothing left for me. And I don't want your help.

[agoodsoldier]

Why do you think you won't be a warden and why don't you want assistance then?

[avengeus]

If you had been given the permanent assignment - the real assignment - to warden me, you would know that, would you not?

[agoodsoldier]

The assignment is real.

Tell me what you want to know then?

[avengeus]

What are you here to accomplish, trooper?

[agoodsoldier]

To help you graduate. It's that simple.

[avengeus]

Please. Don't presume I'm stupid, just because I'm trapped here.

You have a deal, don't you?

[agoodsoldier]

I don't think you're stupid at all.

Certainly, I have a deal. I wanted more time. Mine is a short-lived species.