[b][i]Paradise 'Par' Rapids - Diver's Paradise[/i][/b]

"I...I almost got my group killed because of my lust for vengance, sir," Par said to Alvios, embrarrassed at the praise. "It was you who was the real hero of the piece." Even before Alvios' expression changed, the 19-year old boy could see how both the Senior Diver and Luke were worried. Did this have anything to do with how Alvios had ranted about a Traitor? Considering how stormy the man and Luke's face's were, it probably was.

"We'll be good, sirs," Par said. His face then turned sad, as well as a little firm.

"If you are gathering with Tinion in order to plan revenge on the CMAS, I can perhaps help. While I [i]am[/i] angry over what they tried to do to us, I also know that even if we strike back, the CM - no, [i]the enemy[/i], has the advantage of numbers and resources." He looked towards Alvios for confirmation and support. "As long as the people in the Quadra-Powers support them like blind sheep, we cannot win unless we slaugther [i]them[/i] as well."

"And none of us are willing to do that." [i]At least, that's what I hope.[/i] "I'll keep quiet now; leave you all to discussion." He may have intruded too much, in retrospect.

Instead, he looked towards Jenso; he didn't know the man's name, but he did know that he was one of the people who had left with Luke to confront...[i]the idiots[/i].

"So, what were the Junkers like? Are they people as well, albeit blind sheep? Or are they evil monsters bent on murder and despoilation of all that is good?" Par had a keen sense and understanding of others' motivations, but he wasn't just angry at the Junkers willingly serving an organization bent on keeping the people of the Quadra-Powers in thrall and ignorance, but them not knowing that the CMAS were [i]this[/i] murderous.

A sigh.

"I'm normally an advocate of negotiations and peaceful compromise, Mr. Martial Artist. But it seems to me that should we encounter those [i]thugs[/i] again, we tell them of the atrocity they were a part of, and if they refuse to stop serving the CMAS - we hang them." Part of Par screamed inside at the words the boy was using; he should be kinder than this! But innocent children had been killed in Diver's Paradise, and blood needed to be shed for blood.