Sixth Haiku [Voice, Locked to X-Men and Staff]

[koukai_kirai]

This is the moment where we have to ask ourselves:

Is sheltering her worth the trouble? We're at a very real risk of making enemies of S.H.I.E.L.D., which could compromise the safety of a number of people here.

Perhaps we've let her borrow enough time. She got herself into this mess willingly, after all.

[He'll be the absolute last to suggest doing anything against Xavier's orders or behind his back -- but he's more than willing, at this point, to question the decisions that have been made.]

Comments

Re: [voice]

[bluishgreymatter]

Because she needs to be protected. We don't have to agree with her beliefs, her actions, but right now she, as well as people like Stryker and Creed, are lynchpins. And when they are pulled, the entire balance will come crumbling down, and the war that Miss Renko was so certain she was ready to fight in... will indeed happen.

He's never turned anyone away who sought shelter. Criminals, saints, it makes no difference. This place has always been about hope... But no man can fight the tides of fate forever.

[voice]

[koukai_kirai]

It isn't our place to protect every single person, not when some of them could compromise the whole. This isn't the first time I've disagreed with his choices on this sort of matter.

With any luck, it won't be the last, either.

Re: [voice]

[bluishgreymatter]

Believe me, this is a discussion we've had time and time again. And it won't be the last. But... that heart is part of why we're all still here, I imagine. [By which he means the X-Men.]

[voice]

[koukai_kirai]

[He sighs. There's not much arguing with that, but...]

Just because I owe his kindness a great debt doesn't mean it doesn't worry me from time to time.

[It's the opposite, really. He owes everything he's grown into to Xavier, and the idea of the mercy that gave him a place in the world backfiring is one of his greatest fears.]