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...DAMN it I forgot about that! -flicks a hand at Norm, half-torn between further anger and amusement- You knew exactly what I meant!
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Not my kink in any case.

 

Don't call her an idiot! She's... she's a decorated commander! She's very smart

 

-nods- Like dot. -the gem is beginning to remind her of newly changed jägers, all aggression and very little thought behind it, but more confusion than malice.-

 

Well, yeah, I did. *laughs and grins* Couldn't resist mentioning it, though.

I'll call anybody I wanna an idiot.

 

Hmmm... well, I guess it does. But the Pearl needs to be able to choose too and from the sound of it, the Amethyst isn't really about to let her.

 

Of course I shouldn't choose, I was made to serve Lady Amethyst!

 

No, you really should. Just 'cause you were made to be something doesn't mean you have to do it. And even if you choose wrong, you still should have the satisfaction of being able to choose and exercising that right.

 

B-but... But...
How do I choose... how do I make my own choices?

 

Easy. You look at the options available to you, see which one you like best and then be like, "I'm going with that one."

 

[If the Amethyst isn't going to come by in person to police the Pearl's behavior, then so be it. Faustite sits back to observe the interplay unfold.]

[After all, everyone who's anyone already knows about the renegade Pearl. They have some capacity to learn willful defiance, to gain some truly impressive skills within their limited means. And no doubt some technician would appreciate insight into how they begin the process to rebellion. What's a single lost Pearl, compared to the opportunity to ensure it never happens again?]

 

What options are there? I-i'm not... I never made a choice for myself...? I look the way I look for Amethyst I stand the way I stand for Amethyst.
Ah... B-but I'm always talking which my Mistress doesn't like at all. Is that a Choice?

 

Yeah, that's a choice, alright. A small one 'cause your options are way too limited for many of the big ones while you serve her, but one nonetheless.

 

O-oh! Does that mean you'll stop saying mean things the-...
I-i have to go.
Bye.

 

I could try to stop, yeah. But I didn't know some of the stuff I was saying was mean.

Bye!

 

That's a shame. It was interesting, to see whether she would adopt the perspective you described.

 

Interesting? *suspicious frown* What do you mean by that?

 

I-i-i'll be back later, Ma'am. But when my Mistress needs me I have to go!

 

Another case of not that many options, huh? *sighs*

 

[Forthright honesty is the best way to dispel suspicion.] I mean that I am curious what would become of her if she did. A rather infamous Pearl has rebelled before. She became the right-hand gem of a rebel movement that disrupted the plans for an entire colony world. And that world was cut off from all aid, and I do not know what became of her.

So, feel vindicated: your suspicions are quite correct, and pearls are capable of choosing to defy their place.

 

*grins* Well, I'm not surprised. Every sapient being out there is capable of defiance, you know, even if it seems like they aren't. Everybody's got a point where they dig their heels in and say, "no more! I'm doing what I wanna do and don't you dare stop me!" No matter how meek they may appear.