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Dear 'Command Staff' & Crew,

Sawyer here. I'd just like to say I ain't seen a bigger group of babies in my entire life. Yeah, the twerp and the girl with the creepy eyes said somethin' ya didn't like. Yeah, they hurt yer damn feelings. So What! Grow the F*#K up already. Hell, some of ya'll are supposed to be damn 'superheroes' and ya'll are b*tchin' and moanin' like a bunch of goddamn sissies. Are you kiddin' me? So they said somethin' ya didn't like, tough. Grow a pair and shut up.

But, since we on the subject: What in the HELL?

Since when do we call in the cavalry to take out a mouthy little girl for talkin' back? Seriously? I mean f*ckin' SERIOUSLY? Don't know about the rest of ya, but where I come from, we have a little thing called 'freedom of speech,' which means I get to say whatever the hell I want no matter how much it pisses you the hell off because, guess what, you get to do it, too. And there ain't no way I'm gonna sit back and let a power-trippin' prick with a title behind his name take that away just 'cause he feel like it. I don't care who the hell he is!

Now, I didn't vote for any of these knuckleheads but this sure as hell wasn't what I expected when everyone else did. I mean, damn, we got our captain tryin' to arrest a damn KID for sayin' somethin' people didn't like. And then he's gonna go and tell her she can't use her 'magic?' For what? 'Cause she pissed him off? I ain't got any 'superpowers' and I sure as hell can't use magic, but I ain't blind. How the hell they gonna tell anyone not to use their powers? For what? Cuz they ain't got anyw? This ain't the first time they tried to lock someone up for sayin' sh*t they didn't like, an apparently it ain't gonna be the last, looks to me like our little Fuhrer and his Gestapo got themselves a little problem with bein' prejudiced and a little power-happy.

I mean, hell, we got the Captain threatenin' to use 'security' to lock up a little girl for speaking her mind. Then we got a Chief of Security that won't let the super-powered kids into security cuz he seems to think that patrollin' the city is just "too dangerous" for them to be doin' cuz they might get "hurt" but sendin' 'em to the damn frontlines when sh*t starts goin' down like they damn cannon-fodder is just, well, shucks it's ALL RIGHT. WTF? You seriously expect me to believe that fighting the sh*t we've had to go up against is safer for kids than walkin' the city and stoppin' the crew from friggin' JAY-WALKING?!? Where the hell is the logic in that, aside from keepin' everyone with superpowers OUT of security whether they wanna help out or not for no other reason than...aww, hell, it's so f*ckin' stupid that I can't even make up a damn reason!

And another thing. Why the hell ain't there a woman in the command staff higher than department head? Seriously? We promoted a damn dinosaur to the senior command and there's only TWO of 'em on the damn ship! You seriously tellin' me there ain't a single woman on this boat that ain't got what it takes? Hell, I can name FIVE off the top of my head!

Now, our little 'command crew' likes to point out that we all gotta stay in line cuz, if we don't, they gonna send us to the brig. What they've apparently forgot is that there are consequences to abuse of power, too. Luckily, rumor has it, when these clowns were elected it was made pretty darn clear that if they did sh*t like this, the crew could vote to remove them. Well, ain't no one done it...yet. So, I'm gonna start it. I'm officially movin' for a recall of the entire command crew, the Captain down to the department heads.

Yeah, it woulda been nice if the little girl and her blue-eyed friend had kept their mouths shut. But they didn't. And there's a lotta times it'd be nice if a lotta people kept their mouths shut, command included. But they don't. But sayin' somethin' that pisses people off isn't even in the same ball park as tryin' ARREST someone for sayin' somethin' you don't like. Like the man in tights said: the captain crossed the line. And it's a line he shouldn't've crossed and I ain't about to give him or anyone else a chance to try to cross it again.

So, if ya with me, great. If ya not, fine. Just keep in mind, like the kid said, who's to say who'll be next?

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If they did, that's wrong, and it will be stopped, but what you're doing is only leading to more conflict, not solutions.

It's not what you're saying, it's how you're saying it.

Hey, I don't like the way alotta people around here talk, but I live it. Besides, how I say it is just how I say it, the important part is that I'm right.

The important part is that no one here has faith that other people are trying to do best by everyone, even if people make mistakes.

You all make mistakes. You all lack faith in each other. You all still want what's best for everyone.

Distrust never solves anything.

Hey, they want me to trust 'em they might wanna start by not tryin' to arbitrarily throw people in the brig. Or, ya know, lockin' people outta jobs they're more than qualified for just 'cause they're 'too young' and it's 'too dangerous' and then sendin' 'em on a mission that just might kill 'em.

They want everyone to start actin' like a crew and a team, then it's time to start bustin' down some of these walls the command threw up and start lettin' us do it. And it's time for them to stop orderin' and start leadin' and stop micro-managin' everything like we're all too dumb to do it without them lookin' over our shoulder. We on the same page?

That's all true, but you're still wrong. Both can happen at the same time.

Yeah. And thanks to me now they got the motivation to do it.

So you made a purposeful and calculated move to stir up trouble to bring about change, despite the problems that bringing up discussion through conflict brings?

Change is messy, my friend.

Usually. But it's messier when people don't trust each other and don't know how to do it better.

Okay, Yoda, enlighten me....

I don't know what a Yoda is, but you're all looking at each other like enemies. The command crew is doing what they're doing because they think it's best for everyone, for our survival, for the fight against the Ohm.

That doesn't mean everything they're doing is the right thing to do, but it still means their intentions are good. That means they aren't enemies, that shouldn't be treated like enemies, just like they shouldn't treat the crew like enemies.

You're both doing it, and it's wrong. We need to find out where the problems are, and figure out how to fix them, but that can't happen if everyone assumes everyone else is out to get them instead of trying to do the right thing.

Really? So, uh, tell me, oh wise one, exactly how many times you give them this little bit of advice?

I've already arranged to meet with the captain soon to talk to him about the leadership of the crew. I wanted to talk to him in person about it, so it has to wait until I'm healed.

Then I'm having a meeting with the whole crew.

Oh...sooo...never?

Trying to paint someone as picking favorites when they haven't had time to talk to everyone yet because they have a hole in their stomach isn't very nice. And it doesn't change that I'm going to say the same to the captain.

Still hearin' 'never' over here.

You're not a very nice man, but that's okay. This is a place that it's hard to be nice in. I'll let you know how it goes with the captain after I talk to him.

Lookin' forward to it.