Did you not wish to leave me here only moments ago? [She points out, posture stiff even as she leans back on the dusty old bed.]
If they take my absence to be a sign of my death, they will call a conclave - or try. The natblidas will all die at Ontari's hand. We need them. I do not know where to find more. [There is Luna, of course, but Luna wouldn't cooperate; she had always been stubborn and set in whatever way she decided was best. Far more so than even Lexa who Clarke often seemed to view as unmovable. There would be some in the villages, too, hidden or just unknown. There would not be many.
More importantly, they would not be hers. Not children trained to become rulers, who knew the importance of justice and fairness and the cost of ruling.]
If the flame is one of these "chips" I do not think the two are the same. [Lexa adds, after a moment.] We take natblidas because the chip kills those it finds unworthy, those with red blood.
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If they take my absence to be a sign of my death, they will call a conclave - or try. The natblidas will all die at Ontari's hand. We need them. I do not know where to find more. [There is Luna, of course, but Luna wouldn't cooperate; she had always been stubborn and set in whatever way she decided was best. Far more so than even Lexa who Clarke often seemed to view as unmovable. There would be some in the villages, too, hidden or just unknown. There would not be many.
More importantly, they would not be hers. Not children trained to become rulers, who knew the importance of justice and fairness and the cost of ruling.]
If the flame is one of these "chips" I do not think the two are the same. [Lexa adds, after a moment.] We take natblidas because the chip kills those it finds unworthy, those with red blood.