[Riley hasn't really been able to figure out what Torvald wants. Regan seems to want order, like Nathan -- maybe moreso. She turned to the Gunners... She's the type where the military life absorbed her, and it's all se knows and wants. Louis... He's trying to be a balancing factor, but it doesn't seem he's being listened to. But he's the least opinionated of them, too. John and Sara, they seem like they've adopted the wastelander life without issue. With John's comment about the Minutemen at the beginning... He's already made his decision about whether or not to support them, with or without the rest of the Enclave remnants.
But Bellamy and Torvald are the two mysteries to Riley. Torvald bought into the Enclave purity ideaology hard, complete with the superiority thing. Bellamy... has been mostly silent. And it occurs to Riley suddenly that Deacon's been letting him get away with it -- He's slipped Zetta's notice, Riley thinks, but Deacon's actively talked to him, and not tried to force any answers out of him. He... wonders why.
Riley mulling his thoughts over shows itself as hesitation. When he finally answers, it's in the same quiet level he's been using.]
We don't... want to start a nation. I don't know if that sounds like it's a good thing to you or not. But... We don't want to try to tell people how to live their lives. We just... want to make them safer. Once people can live with less fear, then... We can, too.
The Brotherhood... There are -- [He hesitates, stops himself. He doesn't think saying that there are good people on the ground would... help anything at all, here.] Their goals... mean that a lot of people who haven't even done anything wrong would die. And they're willing to take from regular people so they can do whatever they want. The Minutemen aren't a solution to everything, but... It can help keep people safe, and without extorting them.
The Institute... The Institute has a lot it could offer to the surface, so many ways it could actually help, but... They've been isolated so long, they're out of touch with how things really are up here. What they're doing to the synths is... [... he sighs.] It's not something we can allow to keep happening. They deserve to have the same freedoms as anyone else. They're not human, but... that doesn't mean they're lesser. And the Institute has a long way to go before it fully wakes up to that. But... We can't -- We can't afford to give up on them. We can't.
We just -- We want to live in peace with our family. And we want other people to have the chance to do the same.
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But Bellamy and Torvald are the two mysteries to Riley. Torvald bought into the Enclave purity ideaology hard, complete with the superiority thing. Bellamy... has been mostly silent. And it occurs to Riley suddenly that Deacon's been letting him get away with it -- He's slipped Zetta's notice, Riley thinks, but Deacon's actively talked to him, and not tried to force any answers out of him. He... wonders why.
Riley mulling his thoughts over shows itself as hesitation. When he finally answers, it's in the same quiet level he's been using.]
We don't... want to start a nation. I don't know if that sounds like it's a good thing to you or not. But... We don't want to try to tell people how to live their lives. We just... want to make them safer. Once people can live with less fear, then... We can, too.
The Brotherhood... There are -- [He hesitates, stops himself. He doesn't think saying that there are good people on the ground would... help anything at all, here.] Their goals... mean that a lot of people who haven't even done anything wrong would die. And they're willing to take from regular people so they can do whatever they want. The Minutemen aren't a solution to everything, but... It can help keep people safe, and without extorting them.
The Institute... The Institute has a lot it could offer to the surface, so many ways it could actually help, but... They've been isolated so long, they're out of touch with how things really are up here. What they're doing to the synths is... [... he sighs.] It's not something we can allow to keep happening. They deserve to have the same freedoms as anyone else. They're not human, but... that doesn't mean they're lesser. And the Institute has a long way to go before it fully wakes up to that. But... We can't -- We can't afford to give up on them. We can't.
We just -- We want to live in peace with our family. And we want other people to have the chance to do the same.