[Iris leans into Tiffany's embrace, stroking her hair; and she looks at Cain now, bright-eyed.
Arguing learning theory and wardening. This is as much why she loves him as anything else.]
A bit. Sometimes. It's mostly that chucking our weight around doesn't teach anyone owt useful. Any bugger can learn obedience if you back 'em far enough into the corner, but 'ow helpful's that when it comes to actually graduating?
Prisons on Earth - in most places, actualy, they're partly about revenge and partly about just getting troublesome folk out of the way. That's not in our job description 'ere; we're 'ere to get people back on their feet. To get 'em to where they can be free without leaving trails of suffering.
And that includes their own, before you say owt. That counts.
[She casts a sideways glance at Tiffany and then back to Cain.]
This next deal's promised to a friend of mine. If 'e dosn't come up with an alternative by the time Ceres gets 'erslf sorted, which I honestly expect 'e will. First one went to save Wade's ex-girlfriend - you remember Vanessa? That blue one that pretended to be me, that flood?
[They haven't talked about what he might do with a deal if - when - he has one, but Iris once said of Lady Shiva: We owe her one. She hasn't, and won't, ever mention it again. The other reason she loves him: she doesn't need to.]
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Arguing learning theory and wardening. This is as much why she loves him as anything else.]
A bit. Sometimes. It's mostly that chucking our weight around doesn't teach anyone owt useful. Any bugger can learn obedience if you back 'em far enough into the corner, but 'ow helpful's that when it comes to actually graduating?
Prisons on Earth - in most places, actualy, they're partly about revenge and partly about just getting troublesome folk out of the way. That's not in our job description 'ere; we're 'ere to get people back on their feet. To get 'em to where they can be free without leaving trails of suffering.
And that includes their own, before you say owt. That counts.
[She casts a sideways glance at Tiffany and then back to Cain.]
This next deal's promised to a friend of mine. If 'e dosn't come up with an alternative by the time Ceres gets 'erslf sorted, which I honestly expect 'e will. First one went to save Wade's ex-girlfriend - you remember Vanessa? That blue one that pretended to be me, that flood?
[They haven't talked about what he might do with a deal if - when - he has one, but Iris once said of Lady Shiva: We owe her one. She hasn't, and won't, ever mention it again. The other reason she loves him: she doesn't need to.]