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[fiercestwarrior]

But it has not been long since your last fight, am I right?

[ Her skills all seem very... fresh, for lack of a better word. ]

[valr]

[She nods as she crouches down to pick up the sword. She should go return it, but she doesn't want to... walk away from Sif.]

I fight often, but not against anyone as skilled as you.

[fiercestwarrior]

[ Gay or overly respectful? ]

If it takes an asgardian warrior to challenge you, the bar is set quite high so I am not surprised. What do you do in your world, that brings you so often into battle?

[ Midgard certainly has its fair share of strife, so it is not surprising to Sif that Kara fights a lot, she just wants to know more about her. ]

[valr]

[Two things can be true.]

There is always war. And there are things like me, who do not play well with humans.

[It's debatable to say that Kara plays nice, but she isn't actively trying to eat anyone, so that's a win.]

[fiercestwarrior]

[ Sif reaches out to give Kara's arm a brief squeeze before wandering over to her shield to slide her sword back into place behind it. ]

Do you protect humanity from these things?

[valr]

[When Sif steps away, Kara does the same, returning the sword to where she found it.]

I protect us. The humans let us police ourselves, if we did not, they'd step in. Things would be much worse.

[Kara knows leniency, she knows malice versus a mistake, she knows that dangerous things do not need to be dangerous. In her opinion, humans don't.]

[fiercestwarrior]

[ Sif doesn't think of humans as dangerous, she sees them as fragile and in need of protection, ignorant of so many things and ill prepared to face the truth of what is out there in the universe. ]

Your Midgard sounds different to the one where I come from. Hardly surprising, I suppose.

[valr]

If yours is kind, they're very different.

[Kara hasn't felt safe for centuries, not amongst humans and certainly not amongst other non-humans.]

[fiercestwarrior]

It has been centuries since I spent much time on midgard, I would not know one way or the other in truth.

[ She bends down to stretch out her spine, wondering now how her people will fare if Thor decides to take them to Midgard. ]

I have only made brief visits in recent years. Thor would know better.

[valr]

[Kara sort of feels like she's stumbled into a conversation she's not sure she wants to continue, so she decides to change track.]

You were troubled, before I came. Is everything alright?

[fiercestwarrior]

[ Sif can certainly respect that. She smiles at Kara as she straightens up,
and offers a firm nod. ]

Yes. I am fine. But I was in need of a reminder. At times since I came to this place... it is as if I lose sight of myself.

[valr]

It ain't exactly a normal place.

[Kara gets weird, her whole life has been surrounded by it, but the Quarantine manages to take that a step further.]

What is it that distracts you?

[fiercestwarrior]

So much of what I once believed has turned out to be a lie. It makes me feel... erased, in a sense.

[valr]

[Kara isn't sure how to handle a situation like this, but she made a lot of promises to Sif. The least she can do is listen.]

What was the lie?

[fiercestwarrior]

That we were protectors. That my king could be trusted.

[valr]

[It isn't hard to make the guess that king means Odin, which is a complicated thing and Kara really isn't sure if she wants to hear whatever this is. There are other things she can focus on, at least.]

Belief isn't about truth. If you acted to protect, in the belief you were protecting, that is who you are.