first hymn; video

[cantic]

This is Locrian Sergeant Tear Grants of the Oracle Knights, home world Auldrant. I'm seeking whoever can give me information on the clinic; I'm a healer and I'd like to offer my services there.

[ She pauses before moving on to her next order of business. ]

The Initiative makes a convincing case for why we should willingly join their cause. "The United Earth will destroy our worlds as well"... At the very least, it makes for a compelling argument, particularly in light of the recent display of the United Earth's level of firepower. But how much of that is actually true?

It's not that I find the Initiative untrustworthy, but rather that they've given me little cause to trust them. Although recent events certainly make you feel compassion for their cause.

I'm presuming some of you have already gone on missions, so you have less biased accounts. Any insight you could give me would be appreciated.

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[cantic]

No, but it's better to make a decision for yourself once you've uncovered everything you can learn. I expect people to give me biased accounts, but even bias is usually based on some distorted form of the truth.

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[trickmyheart]

Their bias is based on only the facts they've been allowed to know. And given the confined and restricted nature of being brought into the service of the Initiative ... for all we know, it could all be one big web of lies that we have no choice but to believe.

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[cantic]

That's also an extremely likely possibility. I'm hardly giving the Initiative the benefit of the doubt here, nor the other transports. But I've determined this is the best way to start gaining information; it doesn't mean I'm going to stop here.